By Amaechi Agbo

The Honourable lawmaker representing Enugu North/South Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon Chimaobi Sam Atụ has once again offered scholarships to fifty-one indigent but brilliant students in the State.

This is coming just three months after he earlier sponsored 106 students from 24 secondary schools across the constituency in February by paying their WAEC, JAMB examinations and school fees.

In consolidation of the excellent gesture, the lawmaker has now offered additional scholarships to 51 primary school pupils in his constituency for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination for admission into government unity schools in Nigeria.

The scholarships are pioneered by Honourable Atụ’s foundation, Chimaobi Sam Atu Education Foundation chaired by a foremost university don, Dr Chidiebere Ezinwa of the Department of Mass Communication, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT

The chairman of the Chimaobi Sam Atu Education Foundation, Dr. Chidiebere Ezinwa, disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu on Monday through a press statement he personally signed and sent to newsmen.

He stated that the pupils were selected from both urban and rural schools in the constituency as part of the first phase of unity school registration embarked on by the lawmaker.

He noted that the lawmaker has expressed displeasure with the lack of interest in unity schools among students in his constituency, thus making the current gesture part of his resolve to create awareness on the need for his constituents to start getting admitted into unity schools.

It should be recalled that Hon Atu offered scholarships to over one hundred brilliant secondary school students in his constituency who could not pay their WAEC/NECO fees earlier in the year..

Dr. Ezinwa told ESUT Monitor in an interview that plans are underway to expand the scholarships programmes to over a thousand students.

“The current gesture is part of the lawmaker’s resolve to encourage scholarship in his constituency. It should be recalled that Hon Atu offered scholarships to over one hundred brilliant secondary school students in his constituency who could not pay their WAEC/NECO fees earlier in the year.

“Let me also inform you that plans are also in top gear to offer different scholarships to over one thousand two hundred secondary school pupils and prizes to schools in the constituency through a highly streamlined selection process later in the year,” he said.

In order to hit the ground running in actualizing his targets in this regard, Hon. Atu inaugurated a seven-man education board led by Dr. Chidiebere Ezinwa and charged them with the responsibility of awarding SSCE and tertiary institution scholarships, bursaries, and other interventions in public primary and secondary schools in Enugu North and South Federal Constituency.

The committee fast-tracked the WAEC registration of over 100 students across public secondary schools in the constituency, with a goal of making it 1500, including the best brains from private secondary schools in Enugu North and South Federal Constituency during the forthcoming WAEC registration for Senior Secondary School students.

The 51 students were selected from different primary schools in the Enugu North and South Federal constituency. The lawmaker has expressed displeasure with the lack of interest in unity school among students in his constituency.

Below us the list of the benefiting primary schools in the constituency

Enugu South Local Government Area:

1. Central School Ugwuaji, Divine Victory Nursery /Primary School Ugwuaji
2. Community Primary School Amechi
   3 Central School Amechi – Awkunanaw
3. Community Primary School Ndiagu Amechi
4. Central School Akwuke

Enugu North Local Government Area:

1. Carter Street Primary School Ogui
   2 Asata Primary School
2. Ogbete Primary School