Nigerian students in Russia protest over 12 months unpaid stipends
Nigerian students in
Russia having took to the streets of Moscow Monday, to protest over a 12 month
unpaid stipends at the Nigerian embassy.
The students who are beneficiaries of Bilateral Education agreement with Russia, a scholarship initiative of the Nigerian government managed by the Ministry of Education, which provides funding for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in selected countries, accuse the federal government of failing to keep their promise in paying their stipends, which has been left unpaid since October 2015.
The students who are beneficiaries of Bilateral Education agreement with Russia, a scholarship initiative of the Nigerian government managed by the Ministry of Education, which provides funding for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in selected countries, accuse the federal government of failing to keep their promise in paying their stipends, which has been left unpaid since October 2015.
Meanwhile, one of the
protesting students in his tweets claimed that they were left in the cold to
freeze for one hour thirty minutes before the embassy officials came to address
them, only for them to be told that they didn’t come along with a written
petition to the Federal ministry of Education.
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