- They warned that many affected students are facing eviction threats, food shortages, and school-related penalties
- Pressure mounted in Abuja on Monday as a group of aggrieved guardians stormed the Federal Ministry of Finance
- the backlog now includes 16 months of unpaid allowances
Pressure mounted in Abuja on Monday as a group of aggrieved guardians stormed the Federal Ministry of Finance, blocking its main gate while demanding the immediate release of overdue stipends for their children studying overseas under government sponsorship.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the demonstrators, carrying placards and chanting grievances, said their wards enrolled in various Bilateral Education Agreement programmes and other federal scholarship schemes have been left stranded for months without the funds meant for their upkeep.
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According to them, the backlog now includes 16 months of unpaid allowances, along with an additional eight-month deficit that the government has yet to resolve.
They warned that many affected students are facing eviction threats, food shortages, and school-related penalties abroad due to the prolonged non-payment.
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