A group, the August 10 Club in Oye Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has awarded scholarships to 10 outstanding indigenes of the town in various universities across the country.
The President of the club, Mr Lanre Adesuyi, said that the benefiting students were picked from various universities across the country based on their academic performance.
Adesuyi, represented by the Legal Adviser of the club, Adewale Aribatise, who spoke at Oye Ekiti on Monday while presenting the scholarship awards to the students, said that “the gesture is in line with the objectives of the club to encourage academic excellence through scholarships, mentorship and support for schools and students from Oye Ekiti.”
He said, “The aim of the scholarship is to ease the academic journey of these 10 brilliant undergraduates. The club wants to inspire them. They were not just picked randomly. There is no partiality in the award. They were selected on merit.
“The awardees were deserving of the award because they applied themselves to their studies. They were chosen because they faced their studies. They faced what their parents sent them to the universities to do.
“We urge them to make first class in their chosen courses to avoid unemployment after finishing their studies in university. The scholarship cheques we are presenting today is part of our core values. This is the maiden edition of the scheme. I congratulate the 10 successful students.”
He charged the beneficiaries to utilise the fund judiciously and continue to excel in their studies.
“This scholarship scheme will continue to be on an annual basis from now on to encourage and support our youths in Oye-Ekiti,” the August 10 Club president said.
The traditional ruler of the community, the Oloye of Oye Ekiti, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju, congratulated the benefitting students and urged them to justify the confidence reposed in them by excelling in their studies.
The monarch also urged other clubs and individuals from the community to emulate the good gestures of the August 10 Club by contributing their quotas for the progress of Oye Ekiti.
