Gani Adams, the 53-year-old Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, honored his birthday by giving scholarships to four South-West geopolitical zone pupils.
Adams reiterated his commitment to improving Nigerian education in his “own little way” in a message made accessible to The PUNCH on Monday.
Akinsanya Adedoyin (Lagos State University), Samad AbdulHamid (Kwara State University), Khadijat Oladipupo (University of Ibadan), and Adegbite Victoria (Olabisi Onabanjo University) are the four recipients of the scholarships.
During the presentation of the scholarship, Adams said, “We started the initiative under the Aareonakakanfo Scholarship Award and the intention is to give the little I have in form of donations to the educational development of the students that are brilliant in their respective discipline across the South-West and beyond.
“It is my own way of giving back to the society.”
Adams said that the school sector required “urgent intervention,” adding that the beneficiaries’ progress will be monitored.
He continued by saying that recipients of the scholarships awarded over the years had better prospects thanks to them.
