3 Kwara students get scholarship from foundation
A non-Governmental organisation, Aaron Gana Foundation, has presented three students of the Apostolic Church Secondary School Patigi, Kwara State with scholarship award at the weekend.
The beneficiaries of the scholarship are Fadele Israel, Lydia Ishola and Ishola Johnson.
The foundation was established in honour of late Professor Aaron Gana, a political scientist scholar and one of Nigerian renowned Scholars recognised both locally and internationally
Fadele Israel and Lydia Ishola will be sponsored from JSS 2 to JSS 3, while Ishola Johnson will enjoy scholarship from SSS 1 to SSS 3.
The awardees are exceptional students whose parents are unable to pay their fees. For Lydia Johnson and Fadele Israel, they will continue to enjoy the scholarship to SSS 3 upon the success of their junior WAEC.
The father of Ishola, for instance, is a Grade II teacher, retired without pension and is a native of Igbetti in Oyo state but settled in Patigi, while the father of Fadele is son of a pioneer student of the school but also unable to meet up with the financial obligation of sending the boy to school.
In the case of Lydia, after attending school for a whole year without paying fees, she was withdrawn from TAC, until help came her way through Aron Gana Foundation and she was readmitted to her former school.
The award was presented to the students, by Dr Paul Egun, who presented a cheque of N343,300 on behalf of the foundation.
Speaking on the occasion, which held at the foundation office in Abuja, Egun stated that the award was given to the students in recognition of their financial crises, without which their pursuit of education will be difficult.
He advised the studentd to work hard and come up with excellent result that will be their way of showing appreciation.
Professor Aaron Gana, a political scientist was born in Patigi Kwara State, he graduated from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, University of Jos, University of Pittsburgh, Colombia University, New York.
He Lectured at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, University of Jos,were he served as Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences.
City University New York, University of Ohklahoma among others.
Upon his retirement from the University of Jos in 1996, he founded African Centre for Democratic Governance.
He was also the pioneer Vice Chancellor, Birngham University Karu Nasarawa State.