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By Agency Report Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has put smiles on faces of some indigent students in University of Nigeria Nsukka by providing financial assistance to help them in their education. In a remark while presenting cheques to 11 indigent students beneficiaries on Friday in Nsukka during  ASUU-UNN congress. Prof Sule-kano Abdullahi, ASUU Trustee and Chairman National Visitation Panel of the union  said that the award was to support indigent students in Nigerian Universities in their education. "ASUU  instituted this annual scholarship scheme since 2018 for two indigent students in all branches of the union and had continue till date in spite all challenges. "It is my pleasure to announce that after  screening exercise by ASUU-UNN branch,  Ugwu Maryjane and Ugwu Promise as the beneficiaries of UNN-ASUU scholarship scheme 2023 has been approved by the national body "I urge you to make judicious use of the N200,000 by committing it to y...

By our reporter The Nsukka Town Youths Association (NTYA) says, it will  sponsor the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) 2024 Unified Tertiary Maticulation Exam (UTME) registration fees, for 123 indigent candidates from the area. NTYA is an umbrella body of youths groups from the nine autonomous communities  that made up Nsukka Town, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. Comrade Onyekachi Omeje, the President of NTYA  disclosed this in Nsukka on Thursday while briefing newsmen. Omeje said that, the gesture was to remove the financial barrier to education for brilliant indigent candidates in the area as well as to contribute to the educational growth of the community. "To the glory of God, NTYA will sponsor 123 indigent candidates from the villages in our community to receive free UTME registrations. "This initiative is to empower, support and bridge the financial barrier to education for the deserving individuals. "It will also help to actual...

Chief Austin Ngwu, one of the Sponsors of the 2023 Nsukka Town Youths Football League has commended the Nsukka Town Youths Association (NTYA) for using football competition to campaign against crime and drug abuse among youths. Ngwu made the commendation in Nsukka at the weekend during the grand finale of the 2023 Nsukka Town Youths Football League competition held at the Nsukka Township Stadium in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State with the theme; "Shoot-Out Drug Abuse among the Youths." He said that football competition and other sports remained one of the veritable tools to engage the youths meaningfully and prevent them against crime and drug abuse, stressing that the competition was meant to sharpen the skills and fish out hidden talents among youths in the area while discouraging them from illicit drugs use. "I commend Nsukka town youths for using the football league to drive the campaign against the use of illicit drugs among youths in the area. ...