Adamsfunakaye:
131 Umaru Musa Niger M
132 Aliyu Ahmed Niger M
133 Hadiza Aliyu Niger F
134 Aliyu Abdullahi Niger M
135 Haruna Dantata Salihu Niger M

Guy you quoting the wrong names

yildaz:

Congrats bro. You deserve it

Pls help with that of Niger state plsss.

Nigerdcritics:
The list will be out tonight or tommorw.

I apologies to everyone I abuse but I am genuinely angry with what is happening in Nigeria.
Congrats to everyone.

I am out of this place

Lol, the Niger Delta guy what's your source please?

maikant:
@damian. See the truth from one of the links you posted

Eligible candidates from the northern part of the country were excluded from the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID), Daily Trust investigations have revealed.The PRESSID was established by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration in January 2012, basically to achieve the goals of Vision 20:2020 and federal government’s transformation agenda.
The scheme was meant to sponsor qualified Nigerian graduates that have obtained first class honours degrees, from any recognised university, to pursue their postgraduate studies at the top 25 universities in the world.


But Daily Trust findings have indicated that only few candidates from the North have been considered eligible in the three editions of the exercise conducted thus far.
Although Daily Trust could not get a copy of the shortlisted beneficiaries, it was gathered that a total of 204 candidates benefitted from the scheme for 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic sessions, while 102 students benefitted for 2015/2016 session.
It was gathered that the perceived injustice in the exercise usually begin from the selection stage where first class candidates from the North were excluded by the screening committee, allegedly on the ground that they submitted their applications late, even when they applied within the stipulated time.
Also, the announcement for the commencement of the scholarship application by the National Universities Commission (NUC) did not include as criterion that candidates must attend a popular private school, but the screening committee apply that as a condition to exclude candidates from the North, Daily Trust learnt.
A source in the committee, who did not want his name in print, said that the screening exercise used to be influenced by the office of the Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF) and the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The source said: “Because these people were determined to disqualify northern candidates, they insisted that only candidates that graduated from popular private schools should be considered and most of the candidates from the North attended public schools. So, they were disqualified.”
He said that each geopolitical zone had a representative in the committee but that did not make the exercise credible, alleging that other members were not allowed to do their job selflessly.
The House of Representatives committee on education led by its chairman Aminu Suleiman, had on Thursday met with the Chairman of the Implementation Committee, Prof. Julius Okojie, in Abuja where he claimed that northerners were sidelined in the awards, leading to what he called “education imbalance and monumental abuse.”
He lamented that of the 104 short-listed for the scholarships this year, not a single candidate came from the North-West and North-East with the North-Central with seven slots, while the FCT did not get any.
Responding, Prof Okojie said that no considerations other than merit qualified the beneficiaries for the awards.
He said: “Unless we are saying that the criteria have to change, I will not advise that the programme should be scrapped.”
It would be recalled that the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has also condemned the exercise, alleging serious foul play in the selection process.
In a communiqué, ACF has accused NUC of bias against the North in the scheme, alleging that there was a deliberate plan aimed at denying students from the North participation in the scheme.
The ACF said the federal character principles were not adhered to in the selection of beneficiaries. It, therefore, called on the NUC to ensure fairness, transparency and equity in distribution of available slots among all qualified Nigerians, irrespective of their regions.
Daily Trust gathered that when the House’s committee challenged the second edition of the exercise, last year, the committee promised to review the process but the SGF directed it to ignore complaints from all quarters and implement the scheme.
And when the committee summoned the NUC boss over the issue, he refused to appear before it. Also, when members of committee visited the commission during their oversight function, Okojie avoided it and directed his deputy to receive the members on his behalf.
About 400 scholarships have been awarded by the scheme for the 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 academic sessions.
When contacted, the NUC’s spokesperson, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakasai, debunked all the allegations against the commission, saying that the award of PRESSID was based on merit. He added that historical background of candidates and their class of degrees were thoroughly scrutinized to check foul play.
He said that NUC operated an open-door policy, adding that northern stakeholders were fully involved in the process of the scholarship award.
He added: “A committee was set up which involved professors from all the six geopolitical zones, and even the exams were computer-based. So many entries were made and the best were selected.”

Biko let the sleeping dog lie abeg.

victory148:
Someone brought out an argument with proofs(the links) and your are arguing blindly; the least you could do was to bring out a counter argument with proofs, instead of ranting up and down. Yet you want to go for advanced degree when you can even read in between lines.

Dear PTDF

Please kindly do the needful and publish the list to stop this civil war going on here.

Olinga:
I saw my name on the list. Germany here I come

Which state?

Jibnaf:


Got two offers:
1. Energy and environmental engineering
.

2. Process safety and loss prevention.


You?

You have admissions for two different course, which one did you choose during CBT exams?

michaelella:
The list is out





but like I said earlier on ...monday 12am ... for now only ptdf staffs have been able to see it ...if u know someone there or know someone that knows someone there, you can ask them to help you check to calm your nerves

Dear Flexisaf, how true is this information?

adakoleagbenu:
Maybe I should draw an uninformed conclusion.


I think successful oss must have been contacted. Those guys they called. This delay Iz unrealistic.

Na LSS remain.

Biko make no body attack me.




my thoughts

Least i forget, Mr Yimu you were the one that started MY CASE IS DIFFERENT movement here on nairaland. Being someone who truly has faith, you are expected to be patient and persevere to the end but you single handedly removed urself from OSS list to LSS and still the story did not change. Pls stop being melancholical.

adakoleagbenu:



they r not uploading anything. the site is up

Lol

Nigerdcritics:


PTDF IS NOT TRANSPARENT IF YOU THINK THE PROCESS IS FREE AND FAIR YOU ARE DELUDED. A LECTURER WHO WAS ON THE PANEL PROMISED ANOTHER OF MY ACQUAINT THAT HER NAME WILL BE ON THE LIST 100%

So this same lady has been your source all this while, always try to read between the line. The lady told you that the Man said She was outstanding and instead of you to dig into what She meant by OUTSTANDING you came here to type balderdash.

Nigerdcritics:


Delta state

PhD or MSc?

mailato:
Hmm! I wonder how some people are supercilious themselves, showing a contemptuous indifferences, quite alright I'm a graduate, pls stop PROUDLY Linguistics that does not matters. . ..

Ellacity, here is mailato's rejoinder. so stop been supercilious. Lol

jelani01:
Please guys leave #mailato alone and focus on giving us vital information on this thread. This is what we are here for. Why do we always use English language to gauge someone's knowledge? Some people find difficulties in languages while to others languages are cheap.

Imagine someone asking whether he is a gradute. May be if it comes to other aspects of knowledge like calculations this guy will leave you far behind.

Recently, I published a paper in an ISI journal and couldn't fathom one of the reviewers' grammatical blunders. Remember this is a high profile reviewer with at least M. Sc. and significant research contributions.

So please let us focus on the crux of the matter

Well said Jelani, Mailato's malapropism brought a comical relief to this tense and supercharged thread. But on a serious note, English is a seasoning that irrespective of one's profession you should have a mastery of.

DMainMan:
The results is ready however it would be officially made public next week. They are still working on some likely local institutions that could accommodate the number of local scholars appointed for their MSc/PhD.

Wow, Dmainman response is always epic as usual.

Sunnystooth:
Funny thing is that, whether you have 98%, and 3 or 4 other persons from your State have 99% in the test. You wont still make it to the final successful list. Also considering the Nigerian factor where connection also play some roles in the final list.
The fact that you think you did well in the test isn't any guarantee at all.
And also to those complaining about incomplete questions (of which I was a victim too), all these complains now won't do anything. When we were supposed to speak up and protest peaceful immediately after the test, our beloved Flexisafsupport guy came up here to subtly shush us so that it doesn't backfire on the company that handled the test(my opinion). Telling us that something will be done about it, I just wonder what in this good earth can be done about the apparent failure in the conduct of that exams. Awarding bonus marks to some people and leaving out the rest wont be just fair. Also considering just those that wrote by 8am while neglecting those that wrote by 11am and thereafter won't be still fair for the sincere candidates that prepared and wrote that test without having to have seen any expo (from those that wrote by 8am) before taking the test.

Anyway, all these my blabbing wont solve anything either. But I must say this before I stop typing:
This Scholarships is not just for everybody! Veeery few will make it.

That's just the harsh truth.

I wish us all the very best though.

Dear Flexisaf

For this CBT to be considered fair, I think the hounourable thing to do is to cancel those foreign English words questions totaling about 30. All the major contoversies surrounding this test revolve round those questions. My honest opinion.