Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced the disbursement of N210,319,640 to 8,236 students for the 2020/2021 session in the FCT.
The secretary for Education Secretariat, Sani El-Katuzu, disclosed this while performing a symbolic presentation of scholarship award letters to some of the beneficiaries at the FCTA Secretariat.
El-Katuzu reiterated the commitment of the FCT minister, Muhammad Bello in providing education assistance to indigent pupils and students of the FCT at all levels, and congratulated the beneficiaries.
He charged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the learning materials and money given to them, and called on well-meaning Nigerians, corporate bodies, and organisations to support the education of Nigerian children because the government can no longer do it alone.
Earlier, the director of FCT Scholarship Board, Mrs Hannah David disclosed that out of the total of 8,236 beneficiaries, primary schools got 2,229 slots, junior secondary schools benefited 2,184; 948 for senior secondary schools, and skills acquisition centres were awarded 179.
She said other categories include special needs centres which got 343, Nigerian tertiary institutions 2,318, while foreign tertiary institutions got 30 and five braille students, among others.
David revealed that her Board has been approved by the FCT minister to key into a special needs programme with the Nigerian Farm Craft Centre for the Blind, Isheri Olofin, Lagos, under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.
