Tag: Scholarship

Investment

FG stops foreign scholarships to boost local institutions

The Federal Government is reviewing its foreign scholarship and bilateral education arrangements as part of efforts to eliminate unnecessary expenditure and redirect public resources towards strengthening Nigerian tertiary institutions, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has said. Alausa said the government could no longer justify spending scarce public funds to send students abroad to […]

Finance

FG releases 50% of 2025 scholarship arrears to Nigerian students abroad

The Federal Government has started releasing 50 per cent of outstanding 2025 Bilateral Education Agreement scholarship arrears to Nigerian students studying abroad. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education and published on its official X page on Wednesday. The payment represents a partial settlement of backlog allowances owed […]