The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) don kolo 200 bright pikin them for Niger Delta travel abroad go pursue dia Masters and Ph.D. for different kain fields.
For one pre-departure ceremony wey happen for Port Harcourt on Saturday, NDDC Governing Board Oga, Chiedu Ebie, hand over the scholarship letters give the lucky pikin them. E come talk say the scholarship na important part of how NDDC dey help develop people for the region by giving free education.
Ebie still yarn sef say im know say education na the best way to change how things be for Niger Delta. Im come tell the pikin them say im expect them to hammer this chance wey dem don give them well-well, go learn better thing come back help develop the region and Nigeria as a whole.
The NDDC Managing Director, Samuel Ogbuku, come follow for im own side come assure the pikin them say their school fees and place to stay na them go pay am. Ogbuku come talk say NDDC don blow plenty scholarships for many years, and many of the pikin them wey don collect am before don dey hammer for their studies and work.
Im come advise the new pikin them say them for try be like the people wey collect am before, make them come back house come help develop the place and make Niger Delta people proud. Ogbuku come tell them again say if them get good result for their Masters, NDDC go still blow another scholarship for them go do Ph.D.
NDDC Director of Education, Health and Social Services, George Uzonwanne, come yarn say na only 200 pikin them out of 56,000 wey apply wey pass the computer kind exam wey dem use. Uzonwanne come explain say the NDDC foreign scholarship program start for 2010 to help young Niger Delta pikin them wey no get plenty money for hand get better training and learn new skills.
The best pikin for the whole selection process, Azuka Chinedu, come represent all the other pikin them wey collect the scholarship talk say them go try their best be good pikin them wey represent Niger Delta well-well for abroad, and when them come back, them go help develop the region.
Source: Prime 9ja Online Pidgin: NDDC Blow 200 Niger Delta Youths Abroad For Masters, Ph.D. Studies