Some of the parents of Nigerian scholars studying in Russia have been increasingly frustrated, and over the weekend, they made an appeal to President Bola Tinubu to look into the reasons for the nine-month delay in the monthly allowance payments to the students in different Russian locations.
The Federal Government has pleaded for calm amid protests by Nigerian students on international scholarships over unpaid stipends. Professor Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, revealed this during a news conference in Abuja on Thursday to commemorate Commonwealth Day 2024. Recall that the Union of Nigerian Students, through the Federal Government Bilateral Educational
For the past eight months, Nigerian students studying on Federal Government scholarships in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, China, Hungary, and other countries have complained about their unpaid stipends. The students are enrolled in the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement Scholarship. The BEA scholarship is intended to promote educational exchange between