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.