The financial burden of 107 law students who graduated from Imo State University, Owerri in 2023 is set to be relieved as the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma is set to pay their law school tuition fee.
According to a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, each of the candidates will get N500,000.
Nwachukwu said that candidates are indigenes of the state and the beneficiaries are cut across the 27 local government areas of the state
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He said, “Governor Hope Uzodimma has taken the Imo State indigenes who graduated from the Imo State University (IMSU) and have been shortlisted for the 2023 Law School by surprise, offering to pay their school fees for the programme.
“Each of the lucky Law School students from Imo State scheduled for the programme is to be credited with N500,000 by Governor Uzodimma with the bank accounts they have been directed to provide.
“Surprisingly, the beneficiaries of the Governor’s IMSU 2023 Law School scholarship cuts across all the 27 Local Government Area of the State.”
He stated that the governor’s believe in quality human capital development as key to unlocking the potential of every society, which is second to none, keeps encouraging him to invest in people.