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WAEC 2020: Best Benue student, Joy Amuh gets N500,000 scholarship for university education

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The year 2020 Benue state best graduating WAEC Student, 17 year old Miss Joy Amuh who for lack of money could not seek admission into a tertiary institution has been offered a N500,000 scholarship by the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited, BIPC, in conjunction with the Eunice Spring of Life Foundation, ESLF.

Presenting the award at the weekend to Miss Amuh in Makurdi, founder of the ESLF and First Lady of the state, Dr. Eunice Ortom said the scholarship came timely as it would enable the awardee pursue her dream of higher education in any Nigerian University.

Mrs. Ortom who commended the Managing Director of BIPC, Dr. Alex Adum for his foresight and accomplishments since assuming leadership of the organisation two years ago despite the challenging times, urged him and his management team to sustain the tempo.

Earlier while introducing the awardee, who finished with nine distinctions from Saint Paul Secondary School Otukpo, to Mrs. Ortom, the BIPC Managing Director said the gesture was in fulfillment of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, to the people of the state.

According to him, “it marks a very important day for our great company, the BIPC as we kick-start one of our CSR projects of awarding the overall best graduating student of the WAEC WASSCE of Benue State origin a scholarship of N500,000.00.

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