Governor Umo Eno institutes N100 million Education Intervention Fund (EIF) as a bailout scheme for Students with disability

Source: Leadership

Governor Umo Eno has initiated the Education Intervention Fund (EIF) to serve as a bailout scheme for Students with disability. Worried by the plight of the less privileged and physically-challenged Akwa Ibom students in various tertiary institutions in the state, Governor Umo Eno has instituted N100 million Education Intervention Fund (EIF) as a bailout scheme for the affected students. Eno announced this when he granted audience to the University of  Uyo (UNIUYO) chapter of the National Association of Students with Disabilities (NASD) led by the president, Comrade Emmanuel Wisdom, on a courtesy visit to the Government House,  Uyo.

Gov. Eno starts Payment of N10,000,000 Bursary to Undergraduates of Akwa Ibom Origin in all Public Tertiary Institutions in the Country.

Sources: Vanguard

Akwa Ibom State Government on Monday commenced the process for the payment of Bursary to each student of the state origin in tertiary institutions across the country. A statement by the Government House Press team yesterday in Uyo noted that the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno also released the sum of N100 million Education Trust Fund to the Persons Living with Disability same Monday. 

It said the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Idongesit Etiebet presented a cheque of 250,000 nairas each to Persons Living with disability in the undergraduate programmes, and those in post-graduate programmes with a cheque of 300,000 Naira each during the brief ceremony held on Monday at the State Secretariat. According to the statement, Mrs Idongesit Etiebet expressed gratitude to Governor Umo Eno for the massive investments in the education sector over the last six months. “I’m humbled and delighted, the Governor has been here for only a few months and we’ve been blessed massively in the education sector. “Today, even entrepreneurs have benefited as tailors have been contracted to sew school uniforms for school children. I want to thank Governor Umo Eno for the remodelling of schools” She said. 

The Commissioner for Education specially commended the Governor for fulfilling his campaign promises that his administration would pay bursaries to students in tertiary institutions as well as give scholarships to students with disabilities.