Following his promise that students of Eleme in all tertiary institutions will get bursary payment in the month of October, Chairman of Eleme LGA, Obarilomate Ollor has disclosed that starting from Monday, 24th of October, Eleme students in all tertiary institutions will start getting the N50,000 bursary payment.
Speaking on a radio programme monitored in Port Harcourt , Ollor said; “just like I said few months ago, we have done what is quite exceptional in this country by announcing the payment of N50,000 bursary payment to each student of Eleme. So many persons doubted it and were waiting to see if we will do it. Yes, it is quite a lot of money but I didn’t just wake up to say that, it was well thought out.
“So, I think the time has come, this is October and you can see that we were quite prophetic. As if we knew that ASUU will call off the strike by October, so everything just blends. Students should expect their bursary payment from next week, infact, we are making plans to flag it off by Monday, 24th of October and then they will get their alert. We are not even doing it by phases this time around, we are doing all together, they are about 1400 persons, all the students in private and public schools will get the payment”, he stated.
