Umahi offers scholarships to four Mathematics students

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Mr. David Umahi, has awarded university scholarships to four junior secondary school students for their outstanding performance in Mathematics and Oral Mental Arithmetic competitions.
According to a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Emma Anya, Umahi said this during a presentation of the students to the State Executive Council at the Government House, Abakaliki, during the week.
The students are Miss Igwe Amarachi from Government Technical College, Agba; Miss Ikechukwu Mary from Uburu Secondary School; Sorochukwu Nwefuru from Government Technical College, Abakaliki; and Ori Catherine from Government Technical College, Agba.

Anya said the governor had been impressed with the intelligence displayed by the students while answering questions on the subjects without using four-figure table or calculator.
He said that funds for them to study Medicine after their secondary school education would be made available to them ahead of time to ensure that nothing constitutes a barrier to their study.
The governor also directed his personal assistant, Mr. Silas Onu, to liaise with the parents of the children to open accounts for them, adding that payment of their school fees into the accounts would commence next week.
Clarifying that the money would not be accessed until they gained admission into the university, Umahi said that the scholarship would last six years.