Ekiti begins bursary payment to law students

The Ekiti State Scholarship Board on Thursday started payment of
bursaries to indigenes of the state studying at the Nigerian law
schools.
The Commissioner for Education, Dr. Eniola Ajayi, inan address at the
presentation of cheques, said each of the 126 beneficiaries who were
law students at various campuses of the Nigerian Law School had been
awarded N150,000.
He said the bursary paymentwas meant to encourage academic excellence
and to alleviate the financial burdenon the students and their
families.
Ajayi said it was good news to the state government thatthe
beneficiaries had completed their programmes and had been called to
the Bar and enrolled as solicitors and advocates of Nigeria.
The commissioner said, "In the 2010/2011 academic year, 154 law
students wereawarded bursary to the tuneof N150,000 per student.
For2011/2012 session, out of 156 applicants that qualified for the
award, 126 who camefor the screening and vetting exercise will be
given bursary award of N150,000 each."
She said the administration encouraged excellence in academic through
award of bursaries and scholarships to deserving students.
She assured the undergraduate, post graduate and physically challenged
students of the state origin that the state government would pay their
bursaries and scholarships immediately the processing was completed.
The Chairman of Ekiti State Scholarship Board, Dr. J.O. Adegbite,
urged the beneficiaries and the people of the state to continue to
support the efforts of Governor Kayode Fayemi to reposition education
in the state

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