The senator rep­resenting Anam­bra Central Senatorial Dis­trict, Chris Ngige, has offered scholarship to about 2,796 students drawn from the seven local government areas in the zone.
The local government areas include Anao­cha, Awka North, Awka South, Dunukofia, Ide­mili North, Idemili South and Njikoka.
According to a state­ment signed by C. J. Nwosu for the Ngige Scholarship Scheme, the beneficiaries include stu­dents from both second­ary and tertiary institu­tions in the country.
The statement listed some of the beneficiaries as a visually impaired student, Ejilogu God­swill, of the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Egbobe Samuel Agulu, a student of the Department of Business Management, Imo State University, Okigwe; Obiekeziiie Achalla, Po­litical Science, Anam­bra State University, Uli; Ndigwe Chinenye , Computer Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univer­sity, Awka; Emmanuel Umudioka, Educational Biology , Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe; Enedu Oba, Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Oko and Okafor-Ocha Abba, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
It added that disburse­ment to the lucky stu­dents would last from Friday, October 10 to Monday, October 13, 2014 in the respective lo­cal government areas.
• See list of beneficia­ries on pages 52–57 of The Sun Newspaper

Ngige offers 2,796 scholarship to Anambra Central indigenes