N400M Uncovered from the Delta State Scholarship Board
The Executive Secretary, Delta State Scholarship and Bursary
Board, Comrade Elijah Eloge, has disclosed how his team on assumption of office
uncovered N400 million bursary illegally paid to students from other states who
entered the list of authentic and qualified Deltans, through fictitious
documents.
Eloge disclosed this when he received members of Indigenous
Newspapers and Magazines Channel (INMC), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ),
Delta State Council, who were led on a courtesy visit by Comrade Spence Friday
Idighri.
“On assumption of office we carried out a holistic
verification of eligible Deltans in collaboration with National Identity
Management Commission (NINC). We discovered that out of 40,000 students on
bursary list only 20,000 were genuine and qualified Deltans,” he stressed.
He commended the press for remaining resolute on the side of
the masses especially during the struggle for democracy in the military era.
Idighri said Eloge has distinguished himself right from his
days as the Vice Chairman, Patani LGA, the State Universal and Basic Education
Board (SUBEB) and now at the Scholarship and Bursary Board.
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