UNILAG awards scholarship to 982 students

A TOTAL of 982 students have benefited  from the 2012/2013 Endowment Scholarship Awards of the University of Lagos. The students received the awards on Thursday, November 6, 2014 during the scholarship awards ceremony held at the Julius Berger Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Main Campus, Akoka.
The event, organised by the  UNILAG Office of Advancement, was held under the chairmanship of the V.C, Professor Rahamon A. Bello. The Endowment Scholarship Awards Ceremony was initiated by authorities of the University to encourage hard-work and zealousness among students in their academic activities. The awards which are in various categories attract various monetary values.
In his address, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rahamon A. Bello said; “For  the year 2012/2013 awards, a total of N41, 450,000.00 is to be disbursed to 982 students, who qualified, and that is why we are having this ceremony. Out of these 67 are for Academic Excellence (students with CGPA of a 4.5 and above) with the sum of N 50, 000 each, 8 are for students with Leadership Qualities in the sum of N 25,000 each, 61 are for outstanding sportsmen and women at N 25,000 each, 173 are for needy (indigent) students collecting N 25,000 each.