The Chairman of Eleme LGA in Rivers State, Chief Hon. Obarilormate Ollor has announced that the sum of Fifty thousand naira (N50,000) will be paid to every undergraduate student of Eleme in tertiary institution across the country as bursary.
The Chairman made the disclosure when the thirteen man Bursary Committee appointed to screen and verify students of Eleme in higher institutions submitted their final report and data to him in his office, the Chairman said
When we came up with the whole idea, it wasn’t a mere political exercise or means to give people hope without having a preconceived plan in bettering the lives of our students. We sought ideas of some persons, all these inorder to better the lives of our students.
“I don’t know how the council will do it but we will pay N50,000 (Fifty thousand naira) as bursary to our students in tertiary institutions, if they were less than 1000 persons, we would have paid N100,000 (One hundred thousand naira) but with this number, we will pay N50,000. There will be no removal of a Kobo for any charge from the N50,000, they will get it complete.
For you to pay students bursary, you must consider that times have changed and the inflation rate is high, we should be able to give them what they can use for something tangible, we don’t want to ridicule our people, if we want to do anything, we ought to do it well.
