The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has decried the frustration which scholars under the sponsorship of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), are going through in foreign institutions due to non-payment of their tuition fees and other incentives. President of IYC worldwide, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, in a statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune, described the unfortunate situation as dehumanising and excruciating. He wondered why, in spite of the several channels of communication that had been opened by the affected scholars to NDDC board, nothing tangible had come out of the retinue of petitions. “The attention of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide has been drawn to the news currently trending that the beneficiaries of the NDDC Oversea post-graduate scholarships have been subjected to miseries and squalors due to non-payment of their tuition fees and other incentives. “IYC has taken the pain to have an interface with some of the affected students. We regret to say that the beneficiaries are being subjected to inhuman conditions as some of them are being squatted in the Nigerian embassies, while some are on the verge of being repatriated to the country. “We also discovered that the affected students have opened different channels of communication with the management of NDDC here in Nigeria but to our chagrin, the Commission is paying deaf ears to the plea. “Even after promising to attend to the plights of the students in foreign lands on the pages of newspapers, no step has ever been taken by the Commission to ameliorate their sufferings,” the group alleged. IYC, decrying the situation further, observed that “on the list of 2016 beneficiaries, only those who were able to raise funds to pay their tuition fees and travel expenses were able to commence studies in their chosen countries, however the Commission has not refunded their expenses to them. “Many indigent Ijaw youths who got the scholarship in 2016 and were unable to pay their fees themselves are still in Nigeria and unable to process their travel documents. “We wish to alert the world, especially concerned Nigerians that another ugly news of Nigerians being subjected to slavery and servitudes are on the offing if the NDDC keeps on shirking its responsibility in attending to the plights of its students in foreign scholarship programmes. “As part of its statutory responsibilities to the Niger Delta region, we beg the NDDC Board not to keep aloof to the debilitating conditions of the students. “Let the Commission respond to its duty with immediate effect for the safety and the survival of the students in its oversea scholarship programmes. IYC also call on President Mohammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to prevail on the current Board to do the needful before its tenure expires. “The students are currently in excruciating conditions in foreign countries.” The Ijaw youth group, therefore, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the NDDC Board to nip in the bud a growing form of slavery Nigerians scholars are being subjected to abroad in the guise of scholarship. Ijaw Youth Cries To Buhari To Order NDDC To Rescue Students On Scholarship Stranded Oversea By Unknown Friday, December 15, 2017 Share Tweet Share Share Email The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has decried the frustration which scholars under the sponsorship of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), are going through in foreign institutions due to non-payment of their tuition fees and other incentives. President of IYC worldwide, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, in a statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune, described the unfortunate situation as dehumanising and excruciating. He wondered why, in spite of the several channels of communication that had been opened by the affected scholars to NDDC board, nothing tangible had come out of the retinue of petitions. “The attention of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide has been drawn to the news currently trending that the beneficiaries of the NDDC Oversea post-graduate scholarships have been subjected to miseries and squalors due to non-payment of their tuition fees and other incentives. “IYC has taken the pain to have an interface with some of the affected students. We regret to say that the beneficiaries are being subjected to inhuman conditions as some of them are being squatted in the Nigerian embassies, while some are on the verge of being repatriated to the country. “We also discovered that the affected students have opened different channels of communication with the management of NDDC here in Nigeria but to our chagrin, the Commission is paying deaf ears to the plea. “Even after promising to attend to the plights of the students in foreign lands on the pages of newspapers, no step has ever been taken by the Commission to ameliorate their sufferings,” the group alleged. IYC, decrying the situation further, observed that “on the list of 2016 beneficiaries, only those who were able to raise funds to pay their tuition fees and travel expenses were able to commence studies in their chosen countries, however the Commission has not refunded their expenses to them. “Many indigent Ijaw youths who got the scholarship in 2016 and were unable to pay their fees themselves are still in Nigeria and unable to process their travel documents. “We wish to alert the world, especially concerned Nigerians that another ugly news of Nigerians being subjected to slavery and servitudes are on the offing if the NDDC keeps on shirking its responsibility in attending to the plights of its students in foreign scholarship programmes. “As part of its statutory responsibilities to the Niger Delta region, we beg the NDDC Board not to keep aloof to the debilitating conditions of the students. “Let the Commission respond to its duty with immediate effect for the safety and the survival of the students in its oversea scholarship programmes. IYC also call on President Mohammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to prevail on the current Board to do the needful before its tenure expires. “The students are currently in excruciating conditions in foreign countries.” The Ijaw youth group, therefore, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the NDDC Board to nip in the bud a growing form of slavery Nigerians scholars are being subjected to abroad in the guise of scholarship. No comments Comment Here
