The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board (LSSB), Abdur-Rahman Lekki, who announced the approval during a stakeholders’ meeting, had stressed the government’s commitment to advancing education in the state.
The Scholarship Board boss gave the breakdown as follows: N164,500 million (for 2021/2022 fresh scholarship for undergraduate, masters and PhD (Batch B), 2021/2022 subsequent scholarship for undergraduate & PhD, and 2022/2023 subsequent scholarship for undergraduate & PhD recipients, as well as the 2022/2023 Governor’s Discretionary Awards); N210,955 million (for 2021/2022 fresh bursary for undergraduates and Law School (Batch B), 2021/2022 subsequent bursary for undergraduates, and 2022/2023 subsequent bursary for undergraduates.
