One of the beneficiaries of the 2021 edition of the Aareonakakanfo Scholarship Scheme, Nurudeen Abass Adesimi has bagged a First Class Honours from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife.
Adesimi, who was awarded a Bachelor of Arts First Class Honours in Yoruba, in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, is one of the recipients of the 2021 edition of the Aareonakakanfo Scholarship Scheme.
Director, Aare Onakakanfo Students Scholarship Scheme, Ambassador Ibrahim Lawal, said the scholarship programme was established by Aare Gani Adams in 2018 to help brilliant and indigent university students to fulfil their dreams.
Lawal stated that over 1000 students had benefitted from the annual scholarship programme, adding that the programme has a wide spread in the South-West.
He explained also that the idea of the scholarship scheme was meant to encourage the best students in Yoruba language in each of the universities in the South-West, to promote the language and culture and to also sustain the core values of Yoruba race.
““What we do with Aareonakakanfo Scholarship Scheme is to set agenda for the students for a better future and by doing that we are sowing seeds that will germinate and grow to be a bountiful acorn.
“With Nurudeen Abass Adesimi’s exemplary success, I am sure Aare Gani Adams will continue to do more in promoting the culture and tradition of the Yoruba race.
“The Yoruba generalissimo is a man that values education and that is why he has been investing several millions in the scholarship programme to help the students,” he stated.
In his remarks, the first class graduate, Nurudeen Adesimi said he was excited to be one of the recipients of the Aareonakakanfo scholarship scheme then in 2021, saying such initiative gave him the opportunity to excel in his academic pursuit.