Beneficiaries of Prada Uzodimma scholarship scheme
Barr.Prada Uzodimma, daughter of Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, has awarded law school scholarship to 15 students under the 2023 programme of the annual Prada Uzodimma Law School Scholarship Grant (PUSG).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recipients were unveiled at an award ceremony organised by the PUSG on Saturday in Abuja.
Uzodimma said the PUSG scheme had earlier in September announced the opening of its portal for the 2023prospective applicants across the country.
According to her, over 200 students applied for the scholarship and 15 were painstakingly selected by the screening committee.
She said that the number of beneficiaries this year was the highest since inception of the programme.
Uzodimma explained that the scheme was an annual educational, and philanthropic project to provide financial support to selected indigent law school aspirants across Nigeria.
“Today as we reflect on the remarkable journey of the Prada Uzodimmma Law School Scholarship Grant, it is essential to trace its root back to my own time at the Nigerian law school in 2017.
“I attended the law school in 2017, and my set had to raise money for a number of students who could not afford to write the Nigerian Bar exams because they could not pay their fees.
“As a set, we had to come together to contribute some funds to support some students, unfortunately we could not support all such students.
“Then I realized that this is the case of many students that attend the Nigerian Law Schoo, as most of them have the passion to be called lawyers, but are unable to sponsor themselves.
“Distinguishing itself from other scholarships, the Prada Uzodimmma Law School Scholarship Grant, is aimed exclusively at indigent student, bypassing the conventional emphasis on their academic grades.
“The focus is not on the smartest student but on the indigent students, we are giving indigent students the opportunity of becoming lawyers,” she said.
Uzodimma explained that the law school scholarship grant was launched in partnership with Principle Legal Consult in 2021, with five successful beneficiaries.
