From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
Kogi state governor, Usman Ododo has released the sum of N1. 5 billion as bursary awards for students of tertiary institutions for the 2025/26 academic session.
With the bursary, successful students will be paid the sum of #30,000 each while law students across the seven Law schools across the country will be paid N300,000.
Unveiling the portal for the commencement of registration process for the 2025 bursary allowance at press conference in lokoja, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Wemi Jones, who declared the exercise open said the bursary was meant for indigenes of the state in tertiary institutions across the country.
He disclosed that the registration portal will be opened to students as from September 29 and will close on October 31, 2025 and urged eligible students to register via the official website https://scholarshipboard.kogistate.gov.ng
While urging students to take advantage of what he described as an improved and transparent registration process,the commissioner reaffirmed governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s commitment to making Kogi State a positive reference point for educational development in Nigeria.
He noted that this year’s exercise, described as “Season Two” of the bursary scheme, was designed to consolidate on the successes recorded during the previous phase.
“His Excellency, Governor Ododo, is determined to build on the foundation already laid to ensure more students benefit from this bursary award.
“We expect the number of beneficiaries to surpass that of last year, and I assure you that the funds are already set aside for disbursement,” Jones said.
Earlier, the Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Scholarship Board, Afolabi Joseph-Raji, praised governor Ododo for setting aside the sum of N1.5 billion for the scholarship scheme saying no fewer than 8,750 students benefited from the bursary in first phase where students of higher institutions who are of Kogi State origin received ₦30,000 and those in law school got ₦300,000 respectively.
He commended Governor Ododo for revitalizing the bursary process and ensuring it is now more accessible to students.
“Unlike last year where students had to undergo pre-qualification, this year’s registration is straightforward. Students simply need to visit the portal, create an account, and upload the required documents and information.
“Over 44,000 students registered last year but only 11,000 uploaded their documents for verification, out of the 11,000, only 8,750 qualified for the bursary. So, it is not enough to just register, you have to upload some required documents too.
“As an improvement, the board has made the process more direct whereby submission of required documents like admission letter, school identity card and other information are done before registration is completed,” Afolabi explained.
Two of the students who benefited from the bursary award last year testified to how the money helped them to solve some of their academic challenges.
Responding the President of NAKOSS, Comrade Sunday Adeola, commended Governor Ododo for sustaining and expanding the bursary initiative and promised that the students’ body will carry out a wide sensitization exercise across all tertiary institutions in the state to inform the students to register for the bursary award.
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