Abiodun Olaleye, has issued bursary award to 100 students of higher institutions

In fulfillment of one of his campaign promises, the chairman of Isolo Local Council Development Area, Shamsudeen Abiodun Olaleye, has issued bursary award to 100 students of higher institutions throughout the country.

The students who are resident of the LCDA were each given N25,000 by the council boss to support their education.

In his address, Olaleye, who announced that the bursary would hold quarterly, said his administration is looking at education holistically starting with pupils at criche up to students in institution of higher learning.

"We have distributed education materials to pupils in class criche; we have distributed school bags to primary school students; we have organized remedial classes for SS2 students preparing for WAEC. The money we are giving to them is to help reduce the financial burden on their parents. " One of the beneficiaries, Omidokun Monsurat, a 300 level student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, expressed gratitude for the gesture.

The Chairman of Oshodi / Isolo Local Council, Idris Muse-Ariyoh, has called on Nigerians to assist the less privileged in the society.

He made the call while donating foodstuffs to Out of School Children Empowerment Foundation in Oshodi recently.

"When all these things are missing in a nation, it gives room to other social vices such as cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping among others. Only the government alone can do this except with the cooperation and involvement of individuals and corporate organizations."