Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, has spoke to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to allowances, tuition, and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme in the United Kingdom as a large portion of them have gone to poor people in the city of the UK.
During the ongoing National Assembly test of the NDDC, it was uncovered that Nigerian students awarded scholarships in certain colleges in the United Kingdom, have been abandoned by the commission as they have not received a dime in allowance or school fees from the commission.
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Many of the students who came out to complain, said the commission has refused to respond to all emails sent to them appealing for their fees to be paid or allowances released.
In a statement released on Tuesday, July 28 by the NIDCOM spokesperson Gabriel Odu, Dabiri-Erewa appealed to the NDDC management team to as a matter of urgency, release the funds appropriated for the scholarship programme of these students.
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Dabiri-Erewa made reference to a letter written to the Minister of the Niger Delta, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, dated June 18, 2020, drawing attention to the plight of the students, and urging the NDDC to pay them.
The statement in part reads
‘‘At the moment there have been persistent calls by the Students for urgent intervention. While deadline for payment of the fees of some of the students have expired or about to expire , non payment of their allowances have turned many of them to virtually become beggars”
