The Niger Delta Development Commission said it had commenced the Monitoring and Evaluation of beneficiaries of its Foreign Post Graduate Scholarship programme to appraise the academic progress and welfare of the scholars in the United Kingdom.
The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said this at a meeting with the NDDC scholars at Coventry University, United Kingdom, stressing the need to verify and assess the performance and wellbeing of the students.
This was contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, and made available to newsmen.
The NDDC team led by Dr Ogbuku included the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Alabo Boma Iyaye; the Executive Director, Corporate Services, Ifedayo Abegunde; the Director, Education Health and Social Services, Dr George Uzonwanne, as well as the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Mr. Davies Okarevu.
Ogbuku charged the students to ensure that they were good ambassadors of the Niger Delta region, pledging that the interventionist agency would do its best to address their challenges.
He said, “We did not send you here to suffer or to punish you. We sent you here so that your lives will be better and you can add value to society.
“We felt it was necessary to come and see you and also attend to your challenges. We are committed to making sure that you all are comfortable, but what you as scholars owe us is to ensure that you are good ambassadors.”
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