ASUU supports indigent students with N1.1m scholarships in UI

• The University of Ibadan section of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has awarded scholarships to selected students of the university
• The Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan, Dr Adefemi Afolabi, cites superior reasons down the improvement astatine a legislature held by the national successful the university
• The assistance was sponsored by the 2 almighty chieftains of the national and a salient Professor of the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies of the university

Ibadan, Oyo State - The University of Ibadan Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities said that its resoluteness to marque acquisition accessible to each consenting but needy pupil was the crushed it instituted a assistance accidental for immoderate indigent students of the university.

UI Chapter of ASUU said that its resoluteness to marque acquisition accessible to each consenting pupil was the crushed it instituted a assistance opportunity. Photo recognition - Olympia de Maismont
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Legit.ng gathered that the Union awarded scholarships worthy N1.1 cardinal to eleven indigent students to enactment their world pursuits for the existent 2024/2025 world session.

Speaking astatine the grant presumption held astatine the ASUU-UI Secretariat, located astatine Ajibode Extension of the University, the University of Ibadan Chairman of ASUU, Dr. Adefemi Afolabi, noted that the national is committed to supporting indigent students contempt the ongoing challenges faced by the world community, including delayed salaries and stalled negotiations with the national government.

Explaining the enactment criteria, Dr Afolabi explained that implicit 100 students applied, retired of which lone 11 were recovered astir deserving of the award.

“We person been moving this (award) for immoderate time”, Afolabi noted.“After you person gone done the rigorous screening, we judge that you person been recovered worthy of the award. I congratulate each of you. You should purpose for having first-class, thing stops you.“In the adjacent 10 years, you tin travel backmost to academia, not needfully successful Nigeria, but successful immoderate portion of the world, for the emotion of academia and for the emotion of imparting knowledge,” Afolabi added.

The beneficiaries were selected aft a rigorous screening and interrogation process conducted by the ASUU enactment committee.

The assistance came successful 3 categories: the National Secretariat of ASUU, ASUU-UI, and Professor Tajudeen Akanji of UI’s Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, a salient subordinate of ASUU.

Two students received ₦200,000 each connected behalf of the ASUU National body; 5 students were awarded ₦100,000 each by the UI subdivision (ASUU-UI), portion 4 others, who were sponsored by Professor Tajudeen Akanji, a subordinate of the union, received ₦50,000 each.

“ASUU believes that fiscal constraints should not forestall superb Nigerian youths from accessing prime education. By investing successful their future, we anticipation to instill values of empathy and societal work successful these students,” Afolabi said.

Also speaking astatine the event, the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Professor Abiodun Olaniran, who was represented by the ASUU LAUTECH Chairman, Olujimi Dada, reaffirmed the union’s dedication not lone to the payment of its members but besides to the broader origin of acquisition and pupil support.

He urged ASUU members to stay resolute successful demanding amended learning conditions and unit payment from the government.

Olaniran noted that, “The assistance grant is an denotation that ASUU is selfless, and that is what has brought america present today."

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The Zonal Coordinator said, ASUU could not person been bothered arsenic agelong arsenic the needs of the national are met, but the national believes that it should lend to nine irrespective of the challenges, if they wage our salary, and erstwhile they instrumentality attraction of our welfare.

“I congratulate UI and, astir especially, our subordinate who volunteered to summation the fig of beneficiaries.“If the authorities meets our demands, we would person much of america who would privation to transcript him, and this volition person a multiplying effect connected society.”“ASUU is not each astir concern action. This is simply a mode of giving backmost to society”, Olaniran explained.

Also representing the National President of ASUU, Prof Chris Piwuna, Olaniran encouraged the students to,

“Consider yourself fortunate to person been recovered worthy of this award. “We should not relent. We are not determination yet. Like they ever say, determination is airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel, adjacent though these days, you are not definite whether the passageway is inactive determination oregon it has broken.

Some of the beneficiaries who were unveiled astatine the lawsuit are Alan Success Opeyemi (Economics), Ogunlowo Tayo (Pharmacy), Omotola Bello (Pharmacy), Moshood Opeyemi (Medicine and Surgery), Adegoke Adeseun Oladayo (Medicine and Surgery), Bello Ayomide (Medicine and Surgery), and Adewumi Mary (Nursing).

UI Chapter of ASUU said that its resoluteness to marque acquisition accessible to each consenting pupil was the crushed it instituted a assistance opportunity. Photo recognition - UI website
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