People were on Saturday, 21st of October, 2017 taken aback when the University of Ilorin announced that male and female students with best and least cumulative grade point average will be proceeding to Oxford university o further their educations.
The announcement was made by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Emmanuel Obafemi and according to him, the scholarship will be sponsored by Chris Imafidon foundation, United Kingdom.
He said “Professor Chris Imafidon has said that graduands with best and lowest CGPA will be given scholarships to further their education at the Oxford University, UK.
Professor Imafidon was quoted to have said this during the convocation lecture delivered by him titled ‘The Genius in You’.
The Registrar promised that the institution will device mechanism to fish out the concerned students and they will be communicated as soon as possible.