As part of his campaign promises, the Ogun House of Assembly member, representing Abeokuta South constituency II, Honourable Igbalaye Wasiu Ayodele (IWA), has sponsored no fewer than 100 students from his constituency on scholarship to ESTG University in Republic of Benin.
IWA who has been continually doing this for his people in Abeokuta South, as part of his efforts to further promote education among the youths within his constituency
According to the statement from the Media Adviser to IWA, Adeyemi Obadimu, the students were selected after passing post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Commenting on this development, one of the students, Adeola Oguniyi, who spoke on behalf of other beneficiaries, prayed for more achievement and success of Honourable IWA.
“I wish him well in all his endeavours, because this is a laudable initiative and I promised not to disappoint Honourable IWA and my family”, she said.
In his response, IWA said , “As we all know, no better gifts could be given to our children than a quality education. 
“Education is a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty, gender equality, peace and stability”, he said.
He added that his vision and mission is to foster unity among communities and his constituents at large, while improving the quality of education and promote excellence through scholarship.
“Especially among secondary schools students who want to gain admission into university”, he further explained.
It would be recalled that the scholarship scheme started six years ago with 50 students, but increased to 100 students this year, selecting the beneficiaries from all the public secondary schools in Abeokuta South.
It is, however, worthy of note that over 300 students have benefited from the scheme. This is even, as he intends to increase the number of beneficiaries in the coming years.
