Over 120 Students & 12 Universities Receive Grants in Etisalat Merit Awards Program
Etisalat is
underscoring its commitment to sustainable development through education
by awarding grants to over 120 Nigerian university undergraduates with
its Merit Awards initiative with the aim of rewarding and encouraging academic excellence amongst Nigerian undergraduates.
The Award celebrates Nigerian university
students with the highest CGPA in the departments of
Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and Management
Sciences. There are also two special categories – the Indigenes’ award
for the best performing students from the respective universities’
locations, and a newly introduced award for most academically excellent
students with physical challenges.
The first phase of the awards took place
recently when the grants were awarded to undergraduates from the
University of Lagos; Federal University of Technology, Akure; University
of Ibadan and Ambrose Alli University at the regional presentation
ceremony of the 2016 Etisalat Merit Awards in Ibadan.
The Director, Regulatory and Corporate Social Responsibility, Etisalat Nigeria, Ikenna Ikeme, said “the Merit Award initiative is a proof of Etisalat’s commitment to sustainable development.
Other institutions that will benefit
from this programme in the next phase are – are Niger Delta University,
Bayelsa State; Akwa Ibom State University; Enugu State University of
Science and Technology; Benue State University; Modibbo Adama University
of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Kaduna State; Bayero University, Kano and Usmanu Dan Fodio University,
Sokoto.
Over 1600 scholarships have been awarded
under the Merit Awards Scheme since inception, and it gets better this
year as Etisalat has increased the grant from N100, 000 to N200, 000 to
enable students achieve more academic success with the grants.
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