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From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has released N1.5 billion as bursary awards for students of tertiary institutions for the 2025/26 academic session.
Successful students will get N30,000 each while law students across the seven law schools across the country would be paid N300,000
Unveiling the portal for the commencement of registration process for the 2025 bursary allowance at a press conference in lokoja, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Wemi Jones, said the bursary was meant for indigenes of the state in tertiary institutions across the country.
He disclosed that the registration portal would close on October 31 and urged eligible students to register via the official website.
While urging students to take advantage of what he described as an improved and transparent registration process, the commissioner reaffirmed Ododo’s commitment to making Kogi State a positive reference point for educational development in Nigeria.
He noted that this year’s exercise, described as ‘Season Two’ of the bursary scheme, was designed to consolidate on the successes recorded during the previous phase.
“Unlike last year when students had to undergo pre-qualification, this year’s registration is straightforward. Students simply need to visit the portal, create an account and upload the required documents and information.
“Over 44,000 students registered last year but only 11,000 uploaded their documents for verification. Out of the 11,000, only 8,750 qualified for the bursary. So, it is not enough to just register, you have to upload some required documents too.
“As an improvement, the board has made the process more direct, whereby submission of required documents, like admission letter, school identity card and other information, are done before registration is completed,” Afolabi explained.
Two of the students who benefited from the bursary award last year testified to how the money helped them to solve some of their academic challenges.
Responding, the President of NAKOSS, Sunday Adeola, commended Governor Ododo for sustaining and expanding the bursary initiative and promised that the students’ body would carry out a wide sensitisation exercise across all tertiary institutions in the state to inform the students to register for the bursary award.
