Six universities to benefit from Etisalat scholarships

A telecommunications company, Etisalat Nigeria, has listed 12 universities across the country as beneficiaries of the 2016 edition of its annual scholarship scheme, Etisalat Merit Award. In addition to the institutions, hundreds of their students will also receive grants which have been increased by 100 per cent beginning from the current academic year. The Director, […]

A telecommunications company, Etisalat Nigeria, has listed 12 universities across the country as beneficiaries of the 2016 edition of its annual scholarship scheme, Etisalat Merit Award.

In addition to the institutions, hundreds of their students will also receive grants which have been increased by 100 per cent beginning from the current academic year.

The Director, Regulatory and Corporate Social Responsibility, Ikenna Ikeme, said in a statement, the scheme was a significant component of the education arm of the Etisalat’s corporate social responsibility which also included health and environment.

The beneficiary institutions are Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Akwa Ibom State University, University of Lagos, Federal University of Technology, Akure, University of Ibadan, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Benue State University, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Bayero University, Kano State and Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto State. 

He said grants to students was increased from N100, 000 to N200, 000 beginning from the current year.