10,465 Kogi students jostle for Senator Karimi’s bursary award

A total of 10,465 students from tertiary institutions across the three senatorial districts of Kogi State have applied for the 2025 bursary award organised by the Senator Sunday Steve Karimi Education Foundation and the Tinubu Support Group Bursary Award.

In a statement issued by the Central Committee of the scholarship programme, it was noted that registration commenced on 1st August and closed at midnight on 31st August, 2025.

According to the statement, the next phase of the process is the sorting and screening stage, which will ensure the transparent selection of 3,000 successful applicants, as promised by Senator Sunday Steve Karimi at the start of the programme. The award is open to all indigenes of Kogi State in public tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

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The statement added: “After this stage, the names of the successful applicants will be published in due course.”

The Committee urged all applicants and interested parties to follow the DSSK Media Team for updates, stressing that Senator Sunday Steve Karimi remains fully committed to ensuring equal opportunity for all applicants, while upholding transparency, accountability, and fairness throughout the process.

It will be recalled that in July 2025, the Senator Sunday Steve Karimi Education Foundation announced the commencement of the bursary programme for students of Kogi State origin in public tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

The Foundation disclosed that 1,390 students from Kogi West Senatorial District in public tertiary institutions will benefit from the bursary award. Under the Tinubu Support Group Bursary Award, 1,000 students from Kogi East Senatorial District and 610 students from Kogi Central Senatorial District, also in public tertiary institutions across the country, will be awarded bursaries.

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE