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No fewer than 1,000 Deltans are to benefit from scholarship extended to indigenes of the state to study certificate courses online.

It is part of the Diaspora initiative of the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori administration in support of the administration’s M.O.R.E. Agenda.

Dr. Victory Odize, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on Diaspora special duties, dropped the hint Tuesday, March 5, 2025, while addressing a press conference in Asaba.

The SSA’s office is currently interfacing with organisations abroad for the purpose of communicating the vast investment opportunities that abound in Delta State and striking deals for them to come and engage in meaningful partnership with the government in support the M.O.R.E. Agenda.

The interface, according to Dr. Odize covers all areas of business initiatives, education, etc that will culminate in meaningful partnership. It is also an initiative that promises to make well educated and skilled Deltans in the United States to want to come home and engage in meaningful partnerships for the purpose of promoting entrepreneurship and imparting knowledge to Deltans at home.

Dr. Odize said: “Diaspora Deltans in the United States of America see Governor Oborevwori as an infrastructure governor, and are pleased to see him causing infrastructure development to spring up across Delta State.”

Answering a Reporter’s question, he said he would advise that the state government and the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC should reach out to brilliant and well skilled Deltans in Diaspora and leverage on their expertise to come and impart skills on the younger generations of Deltans.

Dr. Odize announced that already a total of 1,000 scholarships has been secured for Deltans in partnership with the office of the Delta State webmaster Hon. Louis Zuokumor Osiobe.

The scholarship will cost $2,000 per person to study certificate courses online covering no fewer than 107 courses that cut across 13 categories including: cyber security, information technology and software development, business & entrepreneurship, creative arts and design, data science & analytics and education and training.

Others are: finance and accounting, health care & medical, human resources and management, legal, marketing and sales, personal development and productivity, as well as project management.

The scholarship is being sponsored by Up Graded  Era, in the United States, which also have office in Nigeria.