Association disburses over N4.7m to 83 scholars of OAU

AbdulWaheed Odeyimika, the National President, Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association, Ile-Ife, Sun State, said the association has disbursed over N4.7 million to 83 scholars of the institution.
Odeyimika made the disclosure on Saturday during the UNIFEMGA National Reunion Conference 2017 held at Oduduwa Hall, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
He said in 2016, the association disbursed N4.3 million to 73 scholars, but in 2017, N4.775 million was given to 83 students, saying this was the largest payout since 2008 when the scholarship programme started.
The national president said the union has spent a total of N26.651 million to support 477 brilliant or indigent students from inception.
He commended the contributors for their good gesture toward rendering assistance to the indigent, but brilliant students.
Odeyimika said: “This is largely due to the consistency and generosity of our donors, we pray that other people would be sufficiently motivated to contribute to the scholarship fund as every kobo counts.”
Speaking on the topic: “Beyond Recession: Imperatives for National Growth and Development,” the Guest Lecturer, Alhaji Aderemi Bello, the MD/CEO of Crittal-Hope Limited, said leadership is all about trust.
Bello added that it is important to take steps to consolidate the recovery of the economy through diversification as the country is moving from oil sector to non-oil sector.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the occasion, Alhaji Sulaiman AbdulMajeed, urged Muslim students to face their studies and should not focus on mundane things that will make them to lose their focus.
AbdulMajeed said their education is the best legacy their parents can give to them and, should, therefore, face it squarely for that is what brought them to the campus.
In the same vein, Prof. Gbenga Alebiowu, the Provost of postgraduates College, who represented Prof. Anthony Elujoba, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University, commended the members of the UNIFEMGA for their yearly scholarship grants to indigent students.
Alebiowu charged them to do more especially in funding OAU as both undergraduate and postgraduate students were facing a lot of challenges for lack of laboratory facilities.