Almost two months ago, I posted our plight (https://www.nairaland.com/2873734/plea-help...nddc-left-us-hopeless) here on Nairaland..I was grateful to see MODs move it to the front page.

Today we received this mail from the school administration on NDDCs reply after the school had assisted in writing severally to NDDC. I decided to share with all so we can learn. As I write to you some students have stopped going to classes since last month. Living is hell. Coupled with the extreme cold weather now. The advice given in my previous posts were shared with all students and many thanks to everyone that contributed. However it has been very difficult getting jobs..Any kind of jobs as the requirements have now been revised all in a bid to discourage us from applying.

See the mail below....

Dear all

Regrettably, we have received some bad news from NDDC regarding the payments of both your living expenses and course fees.

We received an e-mail Friday afternoon from Godson, copying in both Victor Seigha and Eddie Gordons Okoye, confirming that although they advised us that payments would be made on or by the 4th March that the management have now decided that the tuition and living fees for all students, both September 2015 and January 2016, will now be paid together rather than in batches which has been the case previously so the payments have been delayed once again.

The reason stated is that the NDDC audit department will now be looking through all of the documents and payments will only be made once the audit process has been completed in full. They have also not been able to give an exact date on when the payments will be made but they have confirmed that they will be paid “as soon as possible”. I appreciate that this is not the news that you wanted to hear and I know that this now puts a lot of you in difficult financial situations.

Firstly, in terms of your course fees, a decision has been made that none of the NDDC students will be blocked due to non-payment of the course fees so please do not worry on this side of things and if you do receive any notification from Finance that you have been blocked then please contact me directly and I will ensure that the block is removed, however, I do need to inform you that you will not be allowed to Graduate until your course fees are paid in full. I appreciate that this is still some months away and we would expect payment from NDDC well in advance of this but I need to ensure that you are fully aware of the situation from the outset.

In terms of your living expenses I am afraid there is only limited support that the University can provide to you and you will now need to seriously consider your financial situations and make a decision on whether you will be able to support yourselves through the remainder of your course without the support of NDDC. I am afraid if the answer is no then it may be the case that you will need to return home as we have no guarantee from NDDC on exactly when the payments will be made.

I can only apologise again that NDDC have not fulfilled their sponsorship terms and would like to reiterate that our students welfare is our paramount concern. I would encourage you all to contact NDDC directly to explain your situations and try to put pressure on them to make the payments as soon as possible and please be assured that we are doing the same.

I completely understand that this e-mail is not the news that you (or we) wanted to hear and as such I have booked meeting room SC109 (upstairs in the Student Centre) for tomorrow Tuesday 8th March between 14:00 – 15:00 p.m. if you would like to come and discuss this further.


Kind regards

Adam O'Flynn

Sponsor Recruitment and Admissions Manager


Lalasticlala, Fynestboi, Olawalebabs, please help move to front page. Many thanks as always.

Thank you for sending this. I do appreciate and feel very fortunate as a scholar but I'm beginning to think this scholarship only caters to those that are already well-off. I don't understand the premise of sending us for studies and not fulfilling its obligations on time - in fact it's more like 'you're on your own' until we get back to you. That's not the way it should be, especially in a foreign land. The programme I believe is designed to help well deserving Nigerians that do not have the means of funding their studies and not to payback those who can. I am trying not to be negative but when you are in a dicey uncertain position as we all are (some of us in debt) - it becomes hard to be positive. I was warned by previous scholars that they tend not to make payments on time, but for those (previous) scholars that started by September, they got paid in February so I guess ours - coupled with the change in management - is the worse case scenario. God hep us.

AnthonyAnderson:
Almost two months ago, I posted our plight (https://www.nairaland.com/2873734/plea-help...nddc-left-us-hopeless) here on Nairaland..I was grateful to see MODs move it to the front page.

Today we received this mail from the school administration on NDDCs reply after the school had assisted in writing severally to NDDC. I decided to share with all so we can learn. As I write to you some students have stopped going to classes since last month. Living is hell. Coupled with the extreme cold weather now. The advice given in my previous posts were shared with all students and many thanks to everyone that contributed. However it has been very difficult getting jobs..Any kind of jobs as the requirements have now been revised all in a bid to discourage us from applying.

See the mail below....

Dear all

Regrettably, we have received some bad news from NDDC regarding the payments of both your living expenses and course fees.

We received an e-mail Friday afternoon from Godson, copying in both Victor Seigha and Eddie Gordons Okoye, confirming that although they advised us that payments would be made on or by the 4th March that the management have now decided that the tuition and living fees for all students, both September 2015 and January 2016, will now be paid together rather than in batches which has been the case previously so the payments have been delayed once again.

The reason stated is that the NDDC audit department will now be looking through all of the documents and payments will only be made once the audit process has been completed in full. They have also not been able to give an exact date on when the payments will be made but they have confirmed that they will be paid “as soon as possible”. I appreciate that this is not the news that you wanted to hear and I know that this now puts a lot of you in difficult financial situations.

Firstly, in terms of your course fees, a decision has been made that none of the NDDC students will be blocked due to non-payment of the course fees so please do not worry on this side of things and if you do receive any notification from Finance that you have been blocked then please contact me directly and I will ensure that the block is removed, however, I do need to inform you that you will not be allowed to Graduate until your course fees are paid in full. I appreciate that this is still some months away and we would expect payment from NDDC well in advance of this but I need to ensure that you are fully aware of the situation from the outset.

In terms of your living expenses I am afraid there is only limited support that the University can provide to you and you will now need to seriously consider your financial situations and make a decision on whether you will be able to support yourselves through the remainder of your course without the support of NDDC. I am afraid if the answer is no then it may be the case that you will need to return home as we have no guarantee from NDDC on exactly when the payments will be made.

I can only apologise again that NDDC have not fulfilled their sponsorship terms and would like to reiterate that our students welfare is our paramount concern. I would encourage you all to contact NDDC directly to explain your situations and try to put pressure on them to make the payments as soon as possible and please be assured that we are doing the same.

I completely understand that this e-mail is not the news that you (or we) wanted to hear and as such I have booked meeting room SC109 (upstairs in the Student Centre) for tomorrow Tuesday 8th March between 14:00 – 15:00 p.m. if you would like to come and discuss this further.


Kind regards

Adam O'Flynn

Sponsor Recruitment and Admissions Manager


Lalasticlala, Fynestboi, Olawalebabs, please help move to front page. Many thanks as always.

I really don't know why they decided to suffer us this way. How will a student perform well if he/she is having financial and emotional issues.

Mind you, the award letter stated it has been awarded was back dated to July,and it won't be valid after 6month.

They really want a better Nigerians, but do we really represent? When the only word they tell you is "soon".

I wish our voice is heard!

,..finally!

I guess scholars are now receiving their payments too. If not, please check.