{"id":6299,"date":"2023-11-27T00:03:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T00:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=6299"},"modified":"2023-11-27T00:03:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T00:03:29","slug":"nddc-announces-2024-local-postgraduate-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=6299","title":{"rendered":"NDDC Announces 2024 Local Postgraduate Scholarship Program\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The NDDC Managing Director\/CEO, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku has announced that come next year (2024) the Commission will introduce local postgraduate scholarship program to fend for those unable to secure the foreign postgraduate scholarship program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ogbuku said this last week while responding to questions on why the commission has not increased the number of its foreign scholarship beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NDDC boss explained that funding had been a challenge. \u201cWe increased the allowance for the studies from thirty $30,000.00(N24 million) to $40,000.00 (N32 million) and this affected our finances, making it necessary to create a balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, from next year we hope to reduce the number of foreign scholarships because of the high foreign exchange rate, but we will introduce scholarships for undergraduate students in Nigerian universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis will enable us to accommodate more persons in the scholarship programme,\u201d Ogbuku said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NDDC Managing Director\/CEO, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku has announced that come next year (2024) the Commission will introduce local postgraduate scholarship program to fend for those unable to secure the foreign postgraduate scholarship program. 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