FG finally pays allowances of scholarship students in Russia

by S’ola Filani

The Federal Government has paid the eight months allowances it owed the over 322 Nigerian students on the Bilateral Educational Agreement scholarship in Russia.

An exclusive report by Punch on Tuesday had revealed that the failure by the Federal Government to pay the allowances of the students had forced them into begging and resorting to illegal jobs, which put them at risk of deportation in Russia.

Following the report however, the Federal Government sprung into action, and the students have started getting credit alerts on their respective bank accounts.

One of the students, Moyosore Ojuri, a Metallurgical Engineering student who spoke said herself and her colleagues have started receiving credit alerts of $4,450 in their respective bank accounts.

She said $4000 is for her January to August allowance; $200 for annual medicals & health insurance, and $250 covers her annual protective clothing.

“Before now, the Federal Government owed us from January to August. But now they have paid us everything. I can pay my accumulated debts and I am sure that I won’t be sent packing from the hostel over unpaid accommodation fees,” she said.

President of the Senate Committee, Association of Nigerian Scholarship Students in Russia and a post-graduate student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Volgograd State Technical University, Russia, Akinola Akindamola, thanked the federal government for the prompt response and hopes that by today Friday August 22nd, all of them would have received their allowances.

“The payment of the money is in process and I am confident that by the end of today, we would all have been paid. The least problem we want now is to be financially handicapped. We appreciate the Federal Government for their prompt response.” he said

The Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja, Mr. Olu Lipede, also confirmed that the Federal Government had paid the students all their entitlements.

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