The Federal Ministry of Education has discredited widely-cited reports that claimed it was unable to sponsor a 15-year-old Nigerian student who allegedly qualified to compete in China’s International Mathematics Olympiad.
The Ministry claimed in a statement that the circulating reports were false and unverified, and that it had no knowledge of any sponsorship requests for the alleged student.
The Federal Ministry of Education is happy to make it clear that it is unaware of a report that appeared online about a alleged sponsorship request for a 15-year-old student who was said to have qualified to represent Nigeria at the Chinese International Mathematics Olympiad, according to the statement.
The Ministry claims that no correspondence or record has been obtained from a recognized organization to support such a request for sponsorship. Any pertinent or verifiable information about this matter should be formally presented to the Ministry for necessary action, in accordance with this policy.
In addition, the Ministry urged the public to use only official communication channels for education-related issues and to disregard unverified reports.
Through effective procedures and transparent procedures, it once more pledged to support and inspire outstanding students.
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The clarification came after comments from Educare’s CEO, Alex Onyia, who claimed the Ministry of Education had refused to sponsor the student Agbo Adoga because of lack of funds.
He claimed in Onyia’s post:
Agbo Adoga qualified to represent Nigeria at the Chinese International Maths Olympiad, according to “Graceland International School, Port Harcourt.” The Nigerian Ministry of Education stated that no money could be used to sponsor anyone. He won’t therefore attend. Nigeria “lost once more”!
Source: Channels TV
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