KWALE/Nigeria: A total of one hundred and eighty-eight students drawn from Ndokwa West, Ndokwa East and Ukwuani Local Government Areas of Delta State are to benefit from the annual scholarship programme of the Monday Onyeme Foundation for the year 2020.
Speaking at the conclusion of the aptitude test organised for shortlisted candidates, which held at Utagba Ogbe Grammar School, Kwale over the weekend, the Foundation Chairman, Sir Monday Onyeme, explained that the beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme cut across all the wards in Ndokwa nation.
He noted that the process that led to the selection of the final beneficiaries was based on merit, adding that those who scored the highest marks in the interviews conducted at the ward level and passed the aptitude test were selected.
Sir Onyeme, who admonished students to take their studies seriously, also noted that the scholarship program was his way of contributing to the development of education in the state, in line with the stronger Delta agenda of the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration.
Some of the beneficiaries expressed gratitude to Sir Onyeme for his generousity and promised to utilise the scholarship to advance their educational pursuits.
The breakdown of beneficiaries revealed that Ndokwa West had 78 successful students, Ndokwa East 55, while Ukwuani had 60 students benefitting.
