Foundation opens Entries for Scholarship Exam

Posted by The Nation Online Newspaper

The Yomi Otubela Foundaiton (YOF) has called for entries for its 2017 scholarship examination holding on Apri 14.

At a briefing held at the Lagooz School, Agege, Chairman of the Foundation, Chief Yomi Otubela, said its website would be open for registration for the two-stage examination until February 24.

He said the portal, which has been open for registration since December 21, last year, has been enhanced to address problems noticed during last year’s exercise.

“The YOF team has put some measures in place to prevent the shortcoming we had during the last scholarship examination. For instance, some features have been added to the registration portal to prevent multiple registrations. The website address is www.yomiotubelafoundation.org,” he said.

At the end of the 2016 scholarship exercise, which had over 200 participants, Otubela said YOF awarded scholarships to seven students, namely: Shomide Emmanuel, Lawani Elizabeth, Adeyemo  Semilore, Emmanuel Ibe, Sonaike Feranmi, Iyinoluwa Ajayi, and Adeyemo Christabella.

He also named Basirat Usman and Timilehin Isaac Idowu as previous beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme.

YOF Coordinator, Ololade Shodiya, called for support for the foundation’s many projects, which she said were adding value to the lives of youths and teachers in Nigeria.

The projects include full and partial scholarships (full scholarship for ‘A’ students as well as indigent students); human capacity development project (which delivers entrepreneurial training to youths); empowerment scheme (which provides seed funds to youths to start businesses), and training for teachers.

“Our efforts and contributions to humanity over the years have endeared us to many awards and recognitions. We would like to call on well meaning Nigerians and International philanthropists, aids and support agencies and government to partner with YOF in the execution of her projects,” she said.