Jennifer Efemonghe has become the latest winner of Federal Government Scholarship in Nigeria.
Jennifer Efemonghe trended couple of weeks ago in Nigeria after she was filmed engaging in labourer with building construction. The 20 year old University of Benin students revealed she does the work to get income for here upkeep and to assist her humble family. In the viral video, the young lady was seem carrying gravels on her head with head pan.
The incident attracted Nigeria popular gist website, Legit.ng to interview her on the site where she normally goes for the labour whenever she does not have a class to attend. And that made BBC to interview her on the same rare situation. The development made Jennifer Efemonghe popular and become household gist.
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However, following the development which have attracted government interest owing to her idea to provide for herself and provide cozy amount for her humble family. The federal government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Sports have offered Jennifer Efemonghe scholarship for the rest of her education at the University of Benin.
The development was announced by Sunday Dare, the minister in charge of Ministry of Youth and Sports. The announced which was done via the verified twitter handle of Mr Sunday Dare was carried out his personal assistance and made available for the general public to see.
The situation Jennifer Efemonghe found herself was encouraging and the need for her studies to be financed by the government is necessary. The Government sponsorship could further encourage young girls to focus on their studies so that they can earn the necessary degree they dream of in life.