29 uniport Graduate Students Receive CGS Scholarship

No fewer than 29 students on the Master's and Doctoral

degree programmes received scholarship award letters

and cheques from the College of Graduate Studies for

the 2014/2015 academic session, last Monday.

Speaking at the event which held at the College

Boardroom, Provost of the College, Professor Roseline

Konya, congratulated the students for being selected to

benefit from the award, charging them to take their

studies seriously in order to justify their selection.

"You must work hard to ensure that you complete your

programmes at the stipulated timeframe so that the

money will not be wasted. Payment of your fees should

be paramount on your minds, because you cannot be

permitted to write any examination without

confirmation that you have paid your fees. I need to

remind all the beneficiaries that this scholarship will last

for only one academic session and you may not get it

for the next session. So you must ensure that you pay

up your fees. Remember, the money is not meant to

buy shoes, trousers or jewellery," she warned the

beneficiaries.

Professor Konya reminded the recipients that "the

scholarship is funded by the UniPort Alumni

Association. It is the project of the Association and the

fourth in the series. To sustain the scheme and with the

authorisation of the Association, graduating students are

made to contribute N2, 000 naira to support the

scheme. Owing to financial constraints in the University,

we were able to convince public-spirited individuals and

groups to support the scheme and we are happy that it

has been sustained."

Professor Konya expressed gratitude to the Chairman of

the Scholarship Committee and Dean of the Graduate

School of Arts, Education and Social Sciences (GSAESS),

Professor Martin Ifeanacho and other members for

being consistent with the scheme in the past four years,

requesting the Board Members to convey the gratitude

of the College to the National and State Chairmen of the

Alumni Association for their support.

Speaking earlier, Chairman of the Scholarship

Committee, Professor Ifeanacho charged the students to

be serious with their studies, encouraging them to carry

out original research and ensure that they complete

their programme on time. "We expect that the

University would always be in one part of your heart.

Remember to come back to Unique UniPort to identify

with what we are doing here so that others can also

benefit from the scheme. It is a strong chain that links

all of us together and we hope that it would not be

broken," he said, commending the immediate past Vice-

Chancellor, Professor Joseph Ajienka, for supporting the

scheme during his tenure.

In their separate speeches, Dean of the Graduate School

of Natural and Applied Medical Sciences (GNAMS),

Professor Gregory Avwiri, Dean, Graduate School of

Management, Business and Trade, (GSMBT), Professor

Chinedu Ezirim and College Secretary, Dr. Agatha Ataga,

congratulated beneficiaries of the award, urging them to

work hard and regard themselves as part of the College.

Speaking on behalf of the other beneficiaries, Mr.

Tamunoemi George of the Department of Electrical

Engineering in the College of Engineering, expressed

gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ndowa Lale,

Provost of the College, Management and Deans of the

College for initiating and sustaining the programme,

promising that they would always identify with the

College even after graduation.