Two American University of Nigeria board members: Mr Jon Freeman and Alhaji Tajuddeen Dantata, have announced plans to to honour one of their board colleagues, Dr Enyantu Ifenne, by sponsoring two scholarships in her name for JAMB candidates entering AUN.
According to a press statement from the university, the female candidate with the best JAMB score entering AUN in any given year wins the first scholarship while any candidate with the best JAMB score from any of the three geographical zones in the North, gets the other. Scholarship winners can enrol for any course of their choice offered at AUN.
The AUN Founder, Atiku Abubakar, also announced two fresh scholarships in honour of deceased AUN Board member and former United States National Security Adviser, Dr Robert Pastor, who passed away in January. The Robert Pastor scholarships will be awarded annually to deserving male and female JAMB candidates entering AUN.
A statement further disclosed that the scholarships are a “further demonstration of a fundamental commitment to increasing access to education, especially for females, in the educationally disadvantaged North East region. Female candidates are particularly encouraged to enrol at AUN because of the numerous scholarship opportunities available. This commitment is further reflected in the University’s latest admission figures, which show that it has enrolled more female candidates than males, for the first time in its history”.
Mr Freeman said of the scholarships: “I am honored to support the scholarship for a female AUN student in Dr Ifenne’s name to honor the work she has done with girls and women in Nigeria.” He and Alhaji Dantata made the pledges at the Board of Trustees meeting in Washington DC, in October last year. They take effect from January this year.
