Edo: Obaseki Gives N0.5m Scholarship To Student Who Returned Wallet At Channels Soccer Tournament

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has awarded a N500,000 scholarship to Goodluck Destiny, a pupil of Ekhaguere Primary School, Benin who found and returned a wallet during the recent Channels International Soccer competition as a reward for showing exemplary behaviour.

The governor has also awarded a N1 million reward to the school for its participation in the competition.

Meanwhile, the governor has pledged to organise a football tournament for pupils in primary schools across the state’s three senatorial districts, as part of government’s drive to develop sports at the grassroots.

The governor disclosed these while hosting pupil from the school who represented the state at the recently concluded Channels International Soccer competition.

The governor, who was visibly excited over the performance of the pupils at the competition, promised a N1 million reward for the participants, and a scholarship worth N500,000 to Goodluck Destiny, who returned a missing wallet he found during the competition.

He said, “These children have made Edo State proud at this year’s outing despite not winning the competition. I will give them a reward of N1 million for their effort while Master Goodluck Destiny, who found a wallet and returned it to the owner, will receive a scholarship of N100,000 per year for the next five years. They portrayed Edo State in good light.”

Obaseki said top on the agenda of his administration is to develop sports in schools alongside the re-enactment of basic education, noting, “What we lost some years ago is gradually being restored. We will establish a befitting football pitch in your school and will organise a football tournament for boys and girls to compete across the three senatorial districts.”

Special Adviser to the Governor on Basic Education and Chairman, Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Joan Osa Oviawe, said the team represented the state at the Channels International Soccer competition, after winning the maiden edition of the tournament. She noted that they were edged out of this year’s tournament by a team from Benin Republic.

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