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Member representing Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Nkemkanma Kama, has secured a N60 million scholarship grant from a leading African Fintech company and Mobile Banking App, Opay, for indigent undergraduates of his constituency studying in Alex Ekwueme Federal University of Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State.
Kama said a total of 20 indigent students would benefit from the scholarship scheme while more students from the constituency will continue to replace vacancies created by graduation of any of the first 20 students.
The scheme will run for10 years and each beneficiary would be receiving N300, 000 annually as education support grant, according to the lawmaker.
Kama said he attracted the scholarship due to his quest to enhance quality education in his constituency.
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He explained that he discovered that Ebonyi State was not being carried along in the Corporate Social Responsibility of Opay, which propelled him to make a strong case for the state and 20 students were granted the scholarship.
“We came to sign an MoU between AE-FUNAI and Opay, for a ten-year scholarship for 20 students from Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo Federal Constituency.
“It will be a ten-year scholarship renewable as things go. So, every year, we will have 20 students from the constituency in the school that will benefit from the scholarship,’ he said.
Corporate Social Responsibility Manager of Opay, Mr Itoro Udo, who made this known at the AE-FUNAI while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the organisation and the university over the scholarship scheme, said that it was part of the company’s corporate social responsibility.
“We are here to formally partner with AE-FUNAI to bring the Opay scholarship directly to the institution and this is not just a document we are signing today.
