Foundation distributes free UTME forms to 200 students in Badagry
An NGO, Ejalonibu Foundation, on Sunday distributed free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms and e-PINs (Scratch Cards) to 250 students in Badagry.
Addressing newsmen, Mr Wusu Ejalonibu, the Founder of the foundation, said the gesture was to encourage education development in Badagry and Lagos State.
According to him, every year, the foundation rolls out JAMB forms to interested students to encourage youths in their future career.
“Also, we have pre-jamb training programme to prepare students sitting for the examination so that they won’t be jittery during the examination.
“Apart from this, the foundation will also reward students who score high marks when the results come out.
“We reward students who want to study Medicine, Law, Mass Communication and teachers education who performed excellently in the examination by giving them scholarships.
“As a responsible and responsive NGO, we take education as one of our priorities. No nation can develop without educating its citizens.
“This is why we give out JAMB forms free and it is to remind the students that they have to take their studies seriously,” he said
Mr Wusu Ejalonibu, the founder of Ejalonibu foundation addressing students on its free JAMB forms initiative on Sunday.
Ejalonibu advised the youth to take their studies seriously, if they wanted to accomplish their future desires.
He urged the students to embrace their studies to achieve a better future, saying that the gesture was in fulfillment of his agenda to offer a helping hand to the less privileged.
Ejalonibu described the gesture as one of his efforts to develop the young ones, saying that the exercise would go a long way in assisting the candidates
Mr Olawale Akintola, the Proprietor of Meritland College, Badagry, urged the students to ensure they followed the directives by the examination board while filling the forms, so that they won’t be disqualified.
Akintola urged them to ensure they chose four required subjects by the institution of their choice for the examination so that they would not be disqualified after the examination.
Also, Alhaji Tajudeen Yusuf, an elder, urged them to pay attention to the instructions given to them during the examination, saying that they should desist from any examination malpractice.
Yusuf commended the foundation for assisting poor people in different communities in Badagry.
Miss Victoria Zosu, a beneficiary, who spoke on behalf of others, gave an assurance that they would make the foundation proud in the forthcoming UTME.
