Two members of the American University of
Nigeria Board, Mr Jon Freeman and Alhaji Tajuddeen Dantata, have
honoured a board member colleague, Dr Enyantu Ifenne, by sponsoring two
scholarships in her name for JAMB candidates entering the AUN.
The female candidate with the best JAMB score entering AUN in any
given year wins the first scholarship while any candidate with the best
JAMB score from any of the three geographical zones in the North, gets
the other.
Scholarship winners can enrol for any course of their choice offered at AUN.
AUN founder, former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, also
announced two fresh scholarships in honour of late AUN Board member and
former United States National Security Adviser, Dr Robert Pastor, who
died in January. The Robert Pastor Scholarship will be awarded annually
to deserving male and female JAMB candidates entering AUN.
A statement from the university said that the scholarship was a
demonstration of commitment to increasing access to education,
especially for females, in the educationally disadvantaged North East
region. Female candidates are particularly encouraged to enrol at AUN
because of the numerous scholarship opportunities available. This
commitment is further reflected in the university's latest admission
figures, which show that it has enrolled more female candidates than
males, for the first time in its history."
Mr Freeman said: "I am honoured to support the scholarship for a
female AUN student in Dr Ifenne's name to honour the work she has done
with girls and women in Nigeria."
He and Alhaji Dantata made the pledges at the Board of Trustees
meeting in Washington DC, in October last year. They take effect from
January this year.
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