The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, has awarded scholarships to seven indigent students of the institution.

Presenting the 2024 edition of the Indigent Students Scholarship Award, Sylvanus Ugoh, the chapter’s ASUU chairman, said the scholarship was one of the things the union was doing to assist the less privileged.

Mr Ugoh, who presented letters and cheques to the beneficiaries, said the scholarship would support them to complete their education and contribute to national and international development.

He said the scholarship award is an annual event to support indigent but brilliant students in the institution.

“In the course of selecting these sets of students, we have come to realise that there are so many of them on the campuses, but we know we cannot take all of them at once, and we have to do the little we can.

“We want to use it to encourage the people around and also prove to the people that ASUU is not all about strikes but also touching lives,” he said.

He called on other well-meaning Nigerians to support many young ones suffering on the campuses.

According to him, the selection process was based on application and several stages of screening to ensure the right persons emerged

He said two beneficiaries got N200,000 each donated by the ASUU national body, while the other five got N50,000 each, donated by the university chapter.

On their part, the beneficiaries collectively commended the national and the UNIABUJA chapter for awarding them the scholarship, pledging to make judicious use of the opportunity.

(NAN)