During the protest, the students said for the past 14 months, they have not received their allowances for books, medicals and even for winter clothing and coats for the 20 degree Kursk winter. Continue
They say
several letters written by them to the Bayelsa state scholarship board,
the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, the Governor of Bayelsa state, the
Ministry of Education, and the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State have not
yielded any result. They alleged that were actually threatened by
the chairman of the Bayelsa State Scholarship Board, Evang. Hon. Foster
Ogola, that they would be sent home if they continue to protest or
complain.
The students in the video posted by Sahara Reporters said since they have been
abandoned by their state government, they have tried working on farms
and other places in a bid to make money for their upkeep but were
arrested by the Russian police who said their Visa's do not permit them
to work. They say as it stands now, they are likely not to resume for
the next session in September since their fees have not been paid.
One of the students Amadanyo Adebapreye who spoke with
Sahara reporters said
"For a very long time now we have been going through really difficult financial situations and mentally challenging conditions due to non-payment of our tuition fees and 14 months without stipends. We have also tried to reach our state through the embassy of Nigeria in Moscow twice, first in February 2014, and just recently, July 14, 2014." he said.
The Nigerian Embassy in Moscow had tried to contact the
state behalf of the students several times, but grew frustrated with
the poor reception from the Bayelsa government.
Nawa o.
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This is first class wickedness.
ReplyDeleteNigeria's government needs formating.
Wickedness? No o, this is very beautiful. Keep voting for PDP criminals and defending them night and day. Nigerians deserve suffering.
DeleteHmm its one thing to get a scholarship,its another to get sustained over there.
ReplyDeleteThe bayelsa government should please do something about this
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This ones should not be left to die over there please. Let something be done this time. I'm sure it would be so. God shall protect them in Jesus name Phil 4:19. BishopDammy#
ReplyDeletePolitics is what would destroy this country. Why send them there when you know you won't be interested in keeping up with the expenses? Am sure they only awarded the scholarship in the ist place to upgrade their political profile and win peoples heart for political posts. Every damn thing is just politics. No one genuinely cares about his neighbour.Very bad. Guess they'll respond now since it has become a public issue coz that seems to be the only way to get the govt of today to do anything (if @all they do)
ReplyDeleteWhy are they doing this to student,,,after all the promised ,,,there is God oo
ReplyDeleteplease we need to change and do the right thing. Sad!!
ReplyDeleteSometn wil be done nw. LIB Princess! Pretex4luv@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteLinda.. the whole scholarship is a fraud.. The government have not paid the students in London for 10months, the students in malaysia for more than 10months.. a lot more.. but he was quick to go to channels and boast.. really disappointed
ReplyDeleteDid they really expect any different? You agree to accept a scholarship with "Nigeria" in the contract and you honestly thought it was going to go smoothly....SMH
ReplyDeleteit is so true. even here in the uk, school fees have not been paid and stipends are not paid. student are under treat by the universities. and the governor say he has releases £1 million for uk students but it is obviously not true.
ReplyDeletei am shocked by the level of decay in the educational sector in this country. is this comment written by a scholarship student in UK? too many spelling mistakes
DeleteLol. I guess that's why the tuition hasn't been renewed@Willy.
Deleteit is so true. even here in the uk, school fees have not been paid and stipends are not paid. student are under treat by the universities. and the governor say he has releases £1 million for uk students but it is obviously not true.
ReplyDeleteIf the state government know that they can't care for their needs, why do they have to sent the boys to face this hardship? The Governor will go to media and claim to have sponsored 24 medical students...
ReplyDeleteNonsense!
Even government dey scam their youths.
ReplyDeleteMay God have mercy on Nigeria.
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Goverment scholarships are always wack. I advice they all find something else doing or come back home but some of them may not like the idea......
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U people should,start looking for a job ooooo,cos govt hav not even provide for student here in nigeria..
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Nawa oooo,truth is u can't trust the gov. for anything, if u want something,look for your own way to get it.I feel for them though
ReplyDeletePoor kids. U have no Governor. Only a houseboy to Mam P whose priority is sucking up to Aso.
ReplyDeleteBayelsa state Govt be like "You are starving and dying, but have you died yet??"
ReplyDeleteWhy are Africans like this?...Why haven't the students received their stipends?...14 months is beyond wickedness that will make even the devil scream...The problem of Africa is Africans....Always embarrassing the continent and it's citizens.
ReplyDeleteU're fcking right.
Deletena wa o. but our govt should not embark on a journey they intend to abandon. now the kids are stranded. mtchew
ReplyDeleteHmmm! Jonah, see your people oh!
ReplyDeleteƳǒǘ Can Imagine, Na By Force 2 Send Them Abroad 4 Scholarship Ni? Stupid Bayelsa Government. (Linda's Man)
ReplyDeletenow one big man is stealing the money and will later say 'there is no money'... There is alot of money for these students, but guess what... The government is busy holding pageant shows.....MUMU!!!... Go get sense!!!
ReplyDeleteITS A PITY D GOVT HAD TO ABANDON DEM.............
ReplyDeleteI PRAY SUMTIN IS DONE ABT DIS ND ON TIME
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dem no fit pay students but dem get money for MBGN...nonsense,,i know two of those guys,,very sad.
ReplyDeletePoor children plz jst cm bak home and enroll in one of this universities cos na 2 only waste our state money on Amaa awards and mbgn plus so many unnecessary events nai them sabi.....na only God go help us.
ReplyDeletePoor children plz jst cm bak home and enroll in one of this universities cos na 2 only waste our state money on Amaa awards and mbgn plus so many unnecessary events nai them sabi.....na only God go help us.
ReplyDeleteThis is serious America wonder...Eyaaaa una doo
ReplyDeleteThis is sad. They have also not sent students in UK their allowance. Why offer scholarship when the money is not available. Its been more than 10months and I have not received anything my personal savings I brought with me from Nigeria will soon be exhausted and my Landlord will soon kick me out. I cant even afford to eat cos every money I have goes to rent.
ReplyDeleteThe President's own state has abandoned its children, causing them to be ashamed and destitute in such an inhospitable country like Russia.
ReplyDeleteAdd poverty to racism and harsh winters, plus prospects of NO JOBS when they return, and I feel sorry for them. I bet some of the ladies have turned to prostitution to survive, and I don't blame them.
When America is pulling out all the stops and ignoring countless thousands to save TWO of its citizens from Ebola, Nigeria is busy withholding money rightfully allocated to YOUNG people studying MEDICINE.
This country gives me fresh reasons to be disgusted every day. May God help us all.
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did i hear anyone saying ''performing'' governor??...in saner clime the chairman of the scholarship board will be fired and made to refund monies he has stolen meant for these students.
ReplyDeleteB.Y gov't dias god ooo, why bring dis children out to suffer when u know u can't pay dem chai!!!!!! I feel dia pain
ReplyDeleteNow this is the Nigerian gov we all know not the fake ass pple going for useless submit
ReplyDeleteNigerian government at all levels has no regards and value for their citizens.How can you(Bayelsa State) abandon 24 youths in a strange and dry land? As it's the case in this country,all that the Bayelsa State govt.will be doing now is to label htis, an allegation with no base.Pls respond quickly to these students before something bad happens to them.
ReplyDeletedis is really sad wen dey will give dem d scholarship dey will make a large show of it for political gains wen dey get der dey live dem to starve. wen d students start stealing naa LIBers will be d first to condem dem for disgracing Nigeria
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You guys should just try how u will come back to Naija cos I don't think you guys should expect any money until after the 2015 elections cos the Governor packaging enough money that he will use for his 2nd term ambition so if I were you guys I will the next available flight to Naija or this is just the begining of your woes.
ReplyDeleteMICKY: greed from the government, maybe the money is being released but someone or person are laying it off#u wan chop ur own nd prsn own join
ReplyDeleteSorry o
ReplyDeleteThis is mu issue with governance in Nigeria. Change of govt and no more continuity. because they change governor should not be a reason for student scholarship payment to be stop, even if they got they scholarship through no man, this is a common symptom in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteDem de starve true true.
ReplyDelete#lyndacious#
Una sorry ooooo
ReplyDeleteThis video brought tears to my eyes..... I was on federal government scholarship to d UK and they promptly paid us, even though some ppl tried to pinch our allowances at different points and later some other people's monies were delayed, I can honestly relate to this, being stranded abroad is d worst thing ever, guys if it gets worse pls come back. But I believe God will touch Seriake Dickson & co to promptly settle u guys.
ReplyDeleteBayelsa state govt should do something abt this pls, why send them out on scholarship when they know they will not fulfil their promise to dem.
ReplyDeleteNaija gvt always take students for granted. f**k them.
ReplyDeleteNaija gvt always take students for granted. f**k them.
ReplyDeleteAbeg make una enter d next available flight back home.
ReplyDeletemake una come house jare
ReplyDeleteIt's really sad and sickening the rot in the Bayelsa state government. Why a bunch of old men would wake up everymorning and think of how to starve the younger generation is just heart breaking. This issue of financial aid to students has been going on since former governor sylva's period. They should just tell Bayelsans they don't want to sponsor their children again instead of promising them water inside basket!
ReplyDeleteD result Of bad n corupt governance
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame! In the next few minutes now, the media spoke person of Bayelsa State Govt will hurriedly deny the allegation. Pathological liars!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile the dumb governor (Dickson) is busy gallivanting around the world collecting best governor's awards from bunch of sachophants.
THE BEST GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR !!! AND THE WINNER IS SERIEKI DICKSON! What a shame!!
Not to rain on your parade, but the real problem is that they should have been sent on scholarship to schools in Nigeria. It would have been way cheaper. Or are there no longer medical school in Nigeria? The extra money would then have bn used to provide facilities to the schools to improve the standard of education in the country.
ReplyDeleteLMFAO...thats Nigeria for you...with a useless govt that cant look after its own. Soon blessing okagbare will be poached for non payment...sad but realistic
ReplyDeleteLol...can't stop laughing.despite all this..the only fin that can solve awa probs is revolution or miltary take over...if not ehn !! Even if any one of u gets there...we will all end up doing the same fin...everything is planned and fixed to favor the themselves.shitty nation...later dem go dey abuse yahoo bois, 419ner arm robbers, who come be the thief...am sure the allocated those fund but its no where to be found...sorry oo russian ppl.....dia parent go dey expect say dem don get doctor for dia family...una betta stay dia...cos home self worst...
ReplyDeleteI am abroad too and I have four Bayelsans in my class and I know what is going on. Those students have not been paid because they breached their contract to return an agreed percentage to their payer. The names of the qualified students are replaced with the names of these students you see here,with the agreement that for every monthly pay they get, they 'settle' the person that included their names. They have refused to pay that is why their money is usually seized. The result of this very corrupt practice is that these Bayelsans do poorly in class 80% of the time. The Bayelsan government has no hand in this, trust me..... QUEEN BEE
ReplyDeleteNigeria is one large stinking mess
ReplyDeleteThey pay them stipends?..really, that's cool oh. Guys, do you seek a serious relationship, try BV HookUps
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