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President Goodluck Jonathan has granted
masters and Ph.D scholarships to the 51 members of the National Youth
Service Corp (NYSC) honoured in this year’s president’s honours award.

He disclosed this at the 2010 award ceremony which held at the banquet hall of the presidential villa.

The president amidst cheers from the
corp members announced that “all awardees with first class and second
class upper, will have automatic scholarship for masters and Phd, while
those with second class lower who can secure admission within the next
6months in any institution in the world, will also benefit from the
scholarship”.

He also said those with science and
petroleum backgrounds will be sponsored by the Petroleum Development
Trust Fund(PTDF) while those in other disciplines will be sponsored by
the Education Trust Fund (ETF).

“The awardees will also get automatic
employment into the federal civil service” the president said, noting
that those who already have state government’s employment are free to
choose.

Mr. Jonathan further directed the Head
of the Civil Service Dapo Afolabi to compile the list and bring to him
for endorsement adding that the awardees will get their employment
letters before the 25th of December.

The president, while assuring that
votes will count in 2011 said the federal government will support the
emerging NYSC/INEC collaboration for good governance.

Mr. Jonathan also directed that the
“INEC and all security agencies should ensure that the corp members are
well protected to discharge their onerous duty”.

The president hopes that the NYSC will justify the hope and trust
reposed on them to fulfill the vision of a free and fair election.</