It is just quite unfortunate that the much publicised Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and Development is beginning to loose it's integrity and credibility. Just after almost two years after the take-off of the scholarship schemes, the Nigeria factor has begun to creep in.

First, it was the issue that Scholars will be entitled to a graduate salary which was included in the award letter. Barely a year after the implementation committee of the scholarship has reneged on the agreement to implement the aspect citing no reason. It's very pathetic that it left some scholars in a distraught condition, as some of them who are working with some Nigerian universities refused to ask for studies leave with pay due to the promise by the president as stated in the award letter.

Secondly, after submission of estimates of living expenses by scholars as presented by each of the 25 universities to the implementation committee which was approved by the Executive Secretary of NUC, they are now refusing to pay the balance of the living expenses citing some bogus reasons, and these balance is as high as £1,600 especially for scholars in the United Kingdom.

It is pertinent, the truth about how the schemes is being comes to public knowledge as other Nigerian scholarship schemes do not exhibit this habit of shifting the goal posts when the match is on.

Thanks for your sincere contributions and may GOD bless Nigeria.


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Hian, you no know say our law makers dem dey find how to increase their own alawee? You no know say some governors sef dey ask for salary for life? You no hear say dem want even place their wives on salary? If dem take all that money take train naijas future, how do you expect them to keep up with all their sugar girls london and dubai shopping trips? How will their wives tie the most expensive lace? How will they own 50 estates? How will their kids buy fereri in secondary school? How will they send their kids abroad to school, how will they afford routine health check in the UK? How will they live without having sone extra money to loot?
Nigerian youths are asking for too much o, if say dem see una sef dem for loot una join.