Education

VC offers best student in 2023 UTME full scholarship

The Vice-Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, has offered a full scholarship to the overall best student in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE), Lotanna Azuokeke.

The 15-year-old student was offered a full scholarship to study in Godfrey Okoye College of Medicine.

Anieke made the announcement in Enugu on Friday, May 5.

Anambra-born Azuokeke had set a new record in the just-concluded UTME by scoring 337 marks.

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Azuokeke, who hails from Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State and a student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, scored 64 marks in English Language, 99 in Mathematics, 86 in Physics, and 88 in Chemistry, totalling 337.

Speaking on the score, Anieke said: “The VC is offering this extraordinary student a full scholarship to study in our college of medicine, and this is in line with my passion for education, and desire to empower young people and make them extraordinary”.

He added that the youths needed a system that can crush them, stressing that they can do a lot and compete with their colleagues globally if supported.

“Watch our under 17 and 21, they can do marvelously well. Nigerian youths are not lazy, I believe in what they can do and GOU has given them face to show their strength,” he said.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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