Newspaper Report: Obiano wants more access to education for Nigerian children

He said the trouble with Nigeria is that most children still could not have access to education due to lack of funding.

He commended the foundation for sustaining the scholarship of some indigent students in the area, while calling on well meaning citizens of the state to invest in education, stressing that education was the key to the future.

The foundation paid registration fees for the  West African Senior Certificate Examination Council and the National Examination Council for indigent students in Omabala clan of the state.

He said the scholarships would  cover WAEC and NECO fees for  senior school students and  students of  Junior  Secondary School  Certificate Examination.

“However, the programme also rewards high performing non-indigenes of Anambra East L.G.A attending these same schools.”

He said the beneficiaries underwent, “a one-off examination, called the IFOMSSA Challenge, which is held in January of every year, and organised by the Otuocha Zone of the Post Primary Secondary School Commission, while the  Junior Award winners were  Nsugbe indigenes.

He said  the scholarship would be extended up to university level subsequently.