Nigerian Students On Scholarship Now Beggars In UK – Dabiri-Erewa

She appealed to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to remit the students’ allowances, tuition and other incentives.

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In a statement on Tuesday, NIDCOM made reference to a letter written to the Minister of the Niger Delta Sen. Godswill Akpabio,  dated June 18, 2020, NIDC/001/20/1, drawing attention to the plight of the students, and urging the NDDC who are directly responsible for the students’ scholarships to pay.

She added that the Commission counts on the Minister’s assurances that all outstanding payments to affected students will be made.

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While the deadline for payment of the fees of some of the students has expired or about to expire, non-payment of their allowances have turned many of them to virtually become beggars.