ANSSIR Appeals to FG to Settle Unpaid Stipends

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The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu


The Association of Scholarship Students in Russia (ANSSIR) has appealed to the Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) to pay up the monthly stipends owned Nigeria students studying in Russia, saying that the 10 months allowance has been delayed for long, said since October 2015, the students have been experiencing incessant delays in the payment of their stipends, “they only paid part of last year till October; therefore from November 2015 to August 2016, we have not received any payment.”
“Students who graduated are yet to get their tickets back home. 
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These students may
be deported if nothing is done positively by the Nigerian Embassy in Moscow to address the issue.”
The Vice-President, Faith Tosin Olapade, said the students have sent videos and articles on the issue to the federal government and the Embassy in Moscow, adding that yearly they fight for their stipends. “Normally, we get it when the budget process is almost complete.”
Olapade lamented that there are several challenges with receiving money from Nigerian banks, adding that only few people with access get to receive the money with the normal exchange rates, “most times the embassy officials say to us that they can’t help.”
Source : thisdaylive

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