Many Nigerians have been crying out over the trend of reality stars being given millions of naira gift by organisers of the shows in conjunction with corporate organisation while students with academic excellence gets ridiculous amount of money for their brilliancy.
A similar scenario been played out again when the best graduating student of department of civil engineering from Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, is awarded a cash gift of N100 only. For emphasis and clarification, the cash gift amount was also spelt out in words, one hundred naira only.
The absurd amount was awarded to Bamisaye Tosin Tope and the letter informing the awardee of the ‘precious’ cash prize is from the office of the registrar of EKSU.
See the letter below:
Unbelievable !😡😡😡 pic.twitter.com/Sqh9G5xsNz
— WittyWeenee (@WeirdWeenee) July 6, 2019
Many Nigerians could not hide their anger at such a paltry sum of cash gift for brilliancy. See their tweets below:
What a shame, Collect the 100, frame it and keep it so you don't make a stupid mistake like that school in life.
— Abuja Minister – Esq (@Sir_BiolaPr) July 6, 2019
To collect the N100 will cost more than N100 but the award is valid. So I say take the award, don't collect the money.
— It's a New Day (@alozieofficial) July 6, 2019
While those who initiated the awards might have stopped remitting the award sum, the awards still remain in recognition of the students performance. In other words, the purpose is no longer the cash, but the recognition of Student's performance.
— Deji Teye (@mydeji247) July 6, 2019