US to offer Nigerian students 3 million dollars aid

US to offer Nigerian students 3 million dollars aid

The United States government has said Nigerian students participating in its Educational Advising Centre during the 2011/ 2012 academic year will receive nearly three million dollars in financial aid and scholarship.

This is coming as the number of Nigerians studying in the US is said to have risen to over 6,500.

The students are currently studying at over 733 institutions in all the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia.

The US Deputy Chief of Mission to Nigeria, James McAnulty, noted that institutions of higher learning in the US remain popular to Nigerian students.

Career fair

While at the 2011 annual college and career fair organized by the US Embassy in Abuja, Nigerian capital, McAnulty described the gesture as, “quite an impressive feat.”

He quoted the US Institute of International Education as saying that Nigeria sends more students to the United States than any other country in sub-Saharan Africa.

The envoy however maintained that Nigerians not only contribute to the diversity of US academic institutions, but also make lasting contributions to the Nigerian society when they return to Nigeria after completing their studies.

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