Delta state government gives N5million to first class graduates

Delta state Gov Emmanuel Oduaghan presenting the cheque to one of the beneficiaries

Governor Oduaghan & the first class graduates at the state house in Delta

I think this is something other state governments should do (if they are not already doing it). I am highly impressed by this gesture from the Delta state government. This kind of gesture would encourage others to work hard and do better with their education. Read the report by below as posted by Delta state, Nigeria on their Facebook page.

Delta State , Nigeria

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First Class Graduates Receives N5million To Further Education (8 photos)

Delta state Government under the leadership of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has today, as her custom, presented a scholarship of Five Million Naira (N5,000,000) to each of her first Class Graduates to further their educational career in any University of their choice. Delta state Government also gave Fifty Thousand naira (N50,000) each to her Students in the Nigeria Law School (2011 and 2012 Batches) to make-up their scholarship of One Hundred Thousand (N100,000) as promised by the State Government