Seven Brilliant, Indigent Students Get LAUTECH ASUU Scholarships

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso chapter, yesterday gave seven indigent students of the institution in its 2023 indigent student scholarship awards.

The screening of the applicants for the scholarship was coordinated by Prof. Teleem Asafa.

The Chairman, ASUU LAUTECH, Babatunde Akeem Lawal, in his remarks at the presentation to the beneficiaries, said the Union remains committed to encouraging brilliant students to become better persons in society by supporting their education.

According to him, “ASUU will continue to champion the cause of qualitative public education and at the same time pursue the important welfare issues for its members.”

He further noted that while the Union takes the students seriously, it will not hesitate to spend from its meagre resources to improve the lives of brilliant but indigent students.

“Poverty should not deny brilliant students the opportunity to access and pursue their education. For us in the Union, we fight for qualitative public education so that the children of the poor will not be blocked from becoming future leaders and great thinkers in society,” he said.

The beneficiaries included Akerele, Ifeoluwa David, Food Science (N200,000); Jokotola, Funmilola Adeloyin, Medicine (N200,000); Akanbi kehinde Y., Computer Engineering; Abdulkabir Islamiyat Adenike, Agric Economics (N100,000); Olorode, Christianah Oluwatoyin, Agric Economics (N100,000); Abideen, Fathia Ajoke, Biochemistry (N100,000); and Oladeebo, Nurat Oyindamola, PA Chemistry (N100,000).

The elated beneficiaries thanked the Union for supporting their education, assuring the Union that they will continue to work to make the best of the opportunity granted them.