Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of President Bola Tinubu, has presented scholarships to 43 students in tertiary institutions through the National Scholarship Programme (NASP) of her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI).

Tinubu, at the maiden ceremony of the initiative in Abuja on Saturday, August 26, 2023, said each beneficiary would get N4 million across four academic sessions and a new laptop.

The First Lady stated that the Renewed Hope Initiative scholarship was a transformative scheme that had the promise of changing lives and shaping the destiny of youths across the nation.

She said it was a collective responsibility of the populace to provide every child with quality education and give the opportunity of helping the youth to reach their highest potentials, regardless of their background.

“It is disheartening to know that numerous youths across our nation are unable to afford the cost of tertiary education due to financial limitation,” she added.

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Tinubu, however, acknowledged that quality education was not just a fundamental right of every child but a key to unlock doors to a promising future and help to empower individual families and entire communities.

The First Lady said the organisation, through the scholarship scheme, envisioned a country where every child, regardless of their circumstances, could access the best education.

“This scholarship is about igniting curiosity, sparkling innovations, and fostering the love for learning that will transcend generation; therefore, I urge all beneficiaries to study hard, work hard and make the best use of the opportunity offered to them today,” she stated.

She, therefore, called on well-meaning Nigerians to support the RHI in all its goals, to be able to reach many Nigerians and make life easy for the people.

Four of the awardees – Adijat Ayodele from Kwara State, Daniel Sunmonu from Ekiti, Eze Ijeoma from Anambra State, and Usman Sanni, a Chemistry student of Federal University of Dutsimma, Katsina State – said they were happy over the grant.

The beneficiaries were drawn from the 36 states of the Federation, including the FCT, with criteria for each awardee to be a nominee of their respective state governor.

Other criteria include proof of admission with any of the Nigeria tertiary institutions of learning, a citizen with good academic grades, and one who maintains a GPA of 3.0 and above.

The Star