The Senator representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District, Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, has facilitated a total sum of 400,000 USD foreign scholarships for 10 persons in his constituency.
This is the second batch of the 2024 Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) postgraduate foreign scholarship award the Senator has facilitated thus far.
A statement signed by Ted Inyang,
Senior Legislative Aide to the Senator, reads;
“We are pleased to announce the Second Batch 2024 of scholars to receive a postgraduate foreign scholarship from the NDDC, facilitated by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong.
The beneficiaries include:
1. ERNEST EDIM – Msc. Data Science, University of Salford, United Kingdom -$40,000
2. Juliet Edem – Msc. Biomedical Science, University of Salford, United Kingdom – $40,000
3. Inde Immanuella Sikile – LLM Artificial Intelligence, Digital and Cyberlaw, EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY, United Kingdom – $40,000
4. Egwu Sonia – Msc. Project Management, Northampton University, United Kingdom – $40,000
5. Umoh Anthony Effiong – Msc. Sustainable Transitions, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom – $40,000
6. Egwu Florence-Sarah Arong – MSC. COMPUTER SCIENCE, MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, USA – $40,000
7. Eyo Victor Effiom – Msc. Public Health, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom – $40,000
8. Iyam Solomon – MRes (MPhil) TROPICAL HEALTH AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH, LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE, United Kingdom – $40,000
9. Asuquo Utang Edet – LLM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW, ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE. United Kingdom – $40,000
10. Edem Umoh Bassey – MSC. RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING, KINGSTON UNIVERSITY LONDON – $40,000
“The Distinguished Senator wishes them the best of luck and hopes that they will not only excel in their studies, but return to contribute to the growth and development of our State and our Nation at large.”