Rotary’s District 9110 has offered nine undergraduates scholarship worth N2.2million at its Ikeja, Lagos headquarters.
The beneficiaries are: Onajike Opeyemi (200 Level Biology of the National Open University (NOUN); Titilayo Tawakalitu (200 Level Geography and Regional Planning of the Lagos State University (LASU); Felicia Adebayo Modupe (200 Level Mathematics Education University of Lagos (UNILAG); Ayobami Ahmed Agbaje (200 Level Medicine and Surgery UNILAG); Damilola Sholakunmi Ogunyinka (200 Level Nutrition and Dietetics Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta).
Others are Atinuke Temitope David (200 Level Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State); Gloria Onyinye Johnson (200 Level Mathematics UNILAG); Mariam Iyabo Bakenne (200 Level Marketing LASU) and Michael Olusegun (200 Level Accounting NOUN).
At the presentation, Rotary District 9110 Governor Bola Onabadejo said the group has done a lot of good through its foundation. He urged the government to assist indigent students.
Rotary’s District Educational and Welfare Endowment (DEWEF) Chairman Adeniji Raji said the students were selected on merit after series of tests, which started from the clubs.
He advised the scholars to work hard to justify the awards and upon graduation assist others.