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David Mark’s Scholarship Foundation Awarded N600m to Students

David Mark’s Scholarship Foundation Awarded DMSF  awarding 15,700 students in tertiary and elementary schools
No fewer than 15,700 students in tertiary and elementary schools in Benue State and beyond have so far benefitted from Senator David Mark Scholarship Foundation, for which about N600 million had been spent since 2004.

An average of N50 million is awarded as scholarship to students from primary to tertiary levels from Benue State and beyond annually under the DMSF.
The awardees included 14,703 students from various Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education as well as School of Nursing.

The beneficiaries are classified into five categories, including students of tertiary institutions, gifted girl child, orphans and vulnerable children as well as special awards.
Distributing this year’s awards to beneficiaries in Otukpo, Benue State, the immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, restated his passion for education and wished that all citizens have access to quality and functional education.

According to Mark: “For me, education is a passion.
“I wish that every citizen has access to quality and functional education.
“This would eliminate ignorance, diseases and societal vices.
“Besides, some people would not take advantage or manipulate the uneducated needlessly.”
Mark therefore promised to sustain the scholarship foundation no matter the challenges, stressing: “I cannot play politics with this foundation.
“I don’t need to.
“For those who criticise me, they should not bother or worry.
“They can simply do theirs.
“I believe that if every other person who is well placed undertakes to train at least two uneducated citizens annually, we would have wiped out illiteracy in our society in no distant time.”

Mark reiterated that the scholarship now under a foundation would outlive him because “it is a legacy dear to me”.
Senator Mark used the occasion to express appreciation to the Federal Government for approving the new University of Medical Sciences sited in his Otukpo, Benue State country home.

To the benefitting students, Senator Mark counselled them to shun all forms of vices such as cultism and examination malpractices, adding: “You would be our pride and worthy future leaders if you continue to excel in your academics.”

Earlier, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of DMSF, Prof. James Alachi, said the scholarship scheme, which started in 2005 with a token of N5,000 per student, has increased to N20,000 per beneficiary in 2015.

This, Alachi explained, is beside the over 1,000 indigent students on full scholarship.
For the 2014/2015 academic year, he said N50 million was paid to recipients of the DMSF.
Recipients, including physically challenged Benue State University graduate, Francis Agboko, expressed appreciation to Senator Mark for making their dreams of being educated come through.


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