Ambassador Adekunle Badmus gives scholarships to 41 pupils

CHIEF Executive Officer of Goodmus Learning Centre, a leading study centre for students planning to study abroad, Ambassador Adekunle Badmus, has presented scholarships to 41 pupils of God Provides Secondary School in Enugu.

The educationist said he was inspired by the need to help the less privileged members of the society.

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Badmus, who is also the convener of Quality But Affordable Education in Africa, said the centre was interested in helping Nigerian students secure admission in tertiary institutions in Turkey, where the government has subsidised education.
He said: “Today, we are giving local students tuition scholarship, courtesy of Goodmus Learning Centre and partners. What we are doing is a concept that came into my spirit, years back, to look at ways to give back to those that could not pay the tuition fees for their wards. That was how we came about this programme.

“We tried all we could to reach out to big companies to help us fund this, but they did not take us seriously. Some of them said we should wait. But now, we are awarding these students, and I can see the happiness in them.

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“About 41 students benefitted and we spent about N1 million. What we did was to give back to the less privileged, to help those who want to study abroad but feel that the United States of America (U.S.A) or Canada is expensive to get quality and affordable education in Turkey.“