The Enugu government has offered bursaries to 165 indigenes in different campuses of the Nigerian Law School.

The I65 beneficiaries of the financial awards were identified and listed by the students themselves when they interacted with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu, on Thursday.

Confirming the disbursement, the executive secretary of the Enugu State Scholarship Board, Uche Abonyi, stated that each of the beneficiaries received N100,000 from the government, through his office.

Mr Abonyi disclosed that the governor started paying the bursary to Enugu indigenes in the Nigerian Law School in 2020 during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The official added that the Enugu government during the heat of COVID-19 in 2020 paid N24 million to Enugu law students to cushion the adverse effects of the pandemic.

“This payment was made at a time most states were struggling to pay workers’ salaries because of the economic recession,” added the scholarship board secretary.

He urged the students to be good ambassadors of the state.

“Always have our dear state, Enugu, in your prayers for the sustenance of peace, security and good governance entrenched by Governor Ugwuanyi’s administration,” he advised.

Reacting on behalf of the beneficiaries, the leader of the law students, Michael Kenechukwu Onah, expressed immense gratitude to the governor for his humility, benevolence and steadfastness.

Mr Onah reiterated the commitment of the law students towards making Enugu proud, promising the governor that they would surely make him proud in their final examination in August, in appreciation of his kind gesture.

Describing the bursary as “a privilege and not a right,” the leader of the law students, reassured Mr Ugwuanyi of their support, prayers and solidarity.

(NAN)