Unpaid tuition forces Rivers students home from UK OCTOBER 23, 2015 : CHUKWUDI AKASIKE

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike
NINETEEN
beneficiaries
of
the
Rivers
State
Overseas
Scholarship
Scheme
have
returned
from
the
United
Kingdom
without
completing their programme.
The students returned to Nigeria to avoid deportation after the
expiration of the deadline for the payment of their school fees
and allowances for accommodation.
The Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency said in a
statement by its Manager, Media and Communications, Mr.
Kingsley Uranta on Thursday that the state Governor, Chief
Nyesom Wike, had released some funds to offset the amount
owed by the students.
It (RSSDA) further disclosed that the funds did not reach the
students before the expiration of the deadline for the payment of
their tuition fees.
According to the RSSDA, the registration of the 19 students from
the universities of Huddersfield (11), Brighton (3) and
Nottingham Trent (5) had been deferred to 2016.
“The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, recently
released some funds to pay tuition fees, upkeep and
accommodation allowances for some of our students and their
universities.
“However, for the UK in particular, the deadline for the payment
elapsed before the fees could get to them. As a result, the
registration of 19 students for 2015/16 in the universities of
Huddersfield (11), Brighton (3) and Nottingham Trent (5) have
been deferred to 2016,” the RSSDA said in the statement.
The agency pointed out that the affected students, who were on
their way from the UK as of the time of issuing the statement,
had to return to Nigeria in order to avoid being deported.
The RSSDA explained that it had confirmed from the
aforementioned universities that the students could return to the
institutions next year.
“Sadly, the 19 students who have now left the UK to avoid
infringing on their immigration status and be deported are
expected to arrive in Nigeria today, Thursday October 22, 2015.
“We have confirmed from the universities that the students have
the opportunity to return to school next year. We shall update
you on any further development on the issue,” the statement
read.

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