By Ralph Agbana.
The Senator Sunday Steve Karimi Education Foundation has called for applications from students of Kogi West Senatorial District origin in public tertiary institutions within Nigeria to enable them access the 2025 bursary scheme worth N100m. This amount is expected to be disbursed amongst 1,390 beneficiaries across the seven local government areas in Kogi West zone.
Similarly, Senator Karimi under the aegis of the Tinubu Support Group (TSG), announced plans to extend the bursary awards to Kogi Central and East Senatorial Districts. In line with this arrangement, 610 students from Kogi Central and 1000 from Kogi East will also benefit. Bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 3000.
Both initiatives will be funded by Senator Karimi, who represents Kogi West.
This year’s edition of the bursary awards is the second of its kind by the lawmaker. It is also an improvement to the maiden edition in 2024 when 1000 students benefitted, limited to students from Kogi West alone. Originally, the Kogi West yearly scheme was designed to last the four-year tenure of the lawmaker in the 10th Senate.
In a statement by his Media Team on Thursday, each successful beneficiary will receive N100,000, across the state.
According to Karimi’s Media Team, “The bursary application link (www.sundaykarimi.org) will officially open on the 1st of August, 2025, and close on the 31st of August, 2025. Only undergraduate students in public tertiary institutions (University, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education) are eligible. Beneficiaries from the 2024 bursary are not eligible. Those who received the bursary last year should not apply. We have all the 2024 beneficiaries in our database. Students in private higher institutions are not eligible. Students in the final year are not eligible. Any student who fails to upload or fill out all required information in the application form will not be considered. Any student who applies before August 1st will be automatically disqualified. Only those who apply online and through the link provided above will be considered”.
The statement added, “Senator Sunday Steve Karimi remains committed to empowering students through financial assistance, promoting academic excellence, and contributing to the overall development of Kogi State. We hereby promise a transparent, fair, efficient, and equitable process for all applicants”.
It will be recalled that back in June, Senator Karimi, during a paley with Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Lokoja, as part of activities marking his second year in the 10th Senate, had disclosed that he had concluded arrangements to disburse N300million as scholarship to students across Kogi State, this year.
He stated during the parley, “Last year, I gave bursary of N100million to Kogi West students, but today, with the 96 Wards in Kogi East, I have concluded arrangements to give out N100m as bursary to them.In Kogi Central where we have 57 Wards, I will give Kogi Central N61m as bursary while I will also give N139m to Kogi West students in the names of Tinubu Support Group and Senator Sunday Steve Karimi Education Foundation. This will amount to a total of N300m. That is what we are going to do, and it has started already”.
