June 13, (THEWILL) – Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has offered bursary awards to 165 students of Enugu origin in different campuses of the Nigeria Law School across the country.
The I65 beneficiaries of the bursary awards were identified and listed by Enugu law students when they interacted with Governor Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu.
Confirming the disbursement of the bursary to the law students, the Executive Secretary, Enugu State Scholarship Board, Barr. Uche Levis Abonyi, stressed that each of the beneficiaries has received the sum of N100,000.00 from the state government, through his office.
Abonyi disclosed that Ugwuanyi started paying bursary awards to Enugu State indigenes in the Nigeria Law School in 2020 during the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country.
He added that at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Enugu State Government paid the total sum of N24.6 million to law students from the state to cushion the adverse effects of the pandemic, stressing, “This payment was made at a time most states were struggling to pay workers’ salaries due to economic recession”.
The Executive Secretary urged the students to be good ambassadors of the state wherever they find themselves, and “always have our dear state, Enugu, in your prayers for the sustenance of peace, security and good governance entrenched by Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration”.
In his reaction, the leader of the law students, Michael Kenechukwu Onah expressed gratitude to Gov. Ugwuanyi for continued show of humility, benevolence and steadfastness to the wellbeing of Enugu indigenes and residents in spite of the nation’s economic challenges.
Onah reiterated the commitment of the law students towards making Enugu State proud, promising Gov. Ugwuanyi that they will surely make him proud in the Bar Finals coming up in August this year in appreciation of his kind gesture.
