{"id":23673,"date":"2025-11-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=23673"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:39:57","slug":"mtn-foundation-awards-n300000-annual-scholarships-to-368-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/mtn-foundation-awards-n300000-annual-scholarships-to-368-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN Foundation Awards N300,000 Annual Scholarships to 368 Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LAGOS, Nigeria (FN) \u2014 The MTN Foundation has awarded annual scholarships to 368 Nigerian students, each valued at N300,000, as part of its ongoing effort to support academic excellence and youth development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement was made during the 2025 MTN Scholarship Awards and Alumni Induction Ceremonies held in Lagos and Enugu. The recipients include students in science and technology disciplines, visually impaired scholars, and top performers in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) enrolled in public tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship is renewable annually until graduation, contingent on maintaining a minimum cumulative grade point average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Odunayo Sanya, Executive Secretary of the MTN Foundation, praised the scholars for their achievements. \u201cThese students represent the future of Nigeria\u2019s innovation ecosystem. We are proud to support their academic journey,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recipients expressed gratitude for the financial relief and recognition. \u201cThis scholarship lifts a huge burden off my family,\u201d said Chinyere Okafor, a computer science student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. \u201cI can now focus fully on my studies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ibrahim Musa, a visually impaired law student at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said the award was a validation of his efforts. \u201cBeing recognized despite my challenges means the world to me. It motivates me to keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education advocates welcomed the initiative but called for broader reforms. \u201cCorporate scholarships like MTN\u2019s are vital, but we must also strengthen public funding for higher education,\u201d said Dr. Funmi Adeoye, an education policy analyst based in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, the MTN Scholarship Scheme has supported over 14,000 students across Nigeria. The initiative is part of the Foundation\u2019s youth empowerment strategy, which includes digital skills training, entrepreneurship support, and inclusive education programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation said it remains committed to expanding access to education and fostering a generation of skilled, socially responsible leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAGOS, Nigeria (FN) \u2014 The MTN Foundation has awarded annual scholarships to 368 Nigerian students, each valued at N300,000, as part of its ongoing effort to support academic excellence and youth development. The announcement was made during the 2025 MTN Scholarship Awards and Alumni Induction Ceremonies held in Lagos and Enugu. The recipients include students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":23675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[604,602,609,600,601,607,608,603,605,606],"class_list":["post-23673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-naija-news","tag-academicexcellence","tag-educationforall","tag-educationmatters","tag-mtnfoundation","tag-mtnscholarship2025","tag-nigeriaeducation","tag-scholarshipopportunity","tag-stemnigeria","tag-utmetop10","tag-visuallyimpairedscholars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MTN-Foundation.jpg?fit=1000%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23676,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23673\/revisions\/23676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}