Rotary International District 9111 To Present Scholarships To Indigent Undergraduates

 

OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos 

Rotary International District 9111 is set to present scholarships to twenty successfully screened brilliant and  Indigent undergraduates selected across universities and polytechnics in Ogun and Lagos States.

Chairman District 9111  Educational and Welfare Endowment Fund (DEWEF), Rotarian Alàba Olalekan disclosed that "each of the twenty awardees will receive two hundred thousand Naira for school fees, feeding allowance and textbook for each session.”

According to Rotarian Alàba, "Pioneer District Governor Rotary International District 9111, Rotarian Dr Wole Kukoyi will present the beneficiaries with cheques on Tuesday, April 8, 2015 at Rotary Centre, 8 Ladoke Akintola St, Ikeja GRA, Lagos at 2 pm. 

Rotarian Alàba revealed  that "thorough screening was conducted for successful brilliant and indigent applicants nominated by over 74 clubs and computer based aptitude test (CBT) was 

conducted by West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at CBT Centre, Ogba Ikeja, Lagos".

Rotarian Alaba Olalekan added that, “successfully screened 200 level and HND1 polytechnics undergraduates are being awarded scholarships to complete their studies, in line with Rotary focus on education and skills development."

“The  DEWEF Fund was established by District 9110  (now Districts 9111 and 9112) in the 1991-92 Rotary year to cater for the needy and indigent students in tertiary institutions and  to support the District’s intervention efforts on education, he stated.

In his contribution, Rotary International Governor District 9111, Dr Wole Kukoyi added that, “DEWEF is an acronym of Rotary District Educational and Welfare Endowment Fund, and its purpose is to help brilliant but poor indigent students in tertiary institutions in Lagos and Ogun States of Nigeria, to fund their education and provide for their welfare.”

Kukoyi stated that “Rotarians have been voluntarily donating with a view to achieving the objective of this educational cause”.

Kukoyi added that DEWEF Board of Trustees District 9111 is being administered by Past District Governor (PDG) Somo Omoniyi as Chairman; PDG Otunba Bola Onabadejo; PDG Giwa-Osagie; PDG Omotunde Lawson; District Governor- elect, Henry Akinyele; District Governor- nominee,  Bukola Bakare; Assistant Governor Valentine Somoye and District Treasurer, past President Tayo Hassan.

In the same vein, Rotary D9111 DEWEF Committee members include: past Assistant Governors Muftau Adelotan; Suleman Adekunle; Kareem Arigbabu; past Presidents Dada Korede; Alabi Olawale; Rtn Dr Tunde Sholanke and Past Assistant Governor Alaba Olalekan as the Chairman.