At nine years, Master Lucky Ayolu, from Ekeni in Southern
Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State, lost his father and
mother. Unexpectedly, life became cruel to him as he learnt to
fend for himself. He told our correspondent that he took to
fishing to pay for his fees in primary and secondary schools,
as his grandmother, whom he stayed with, did not have
enough.
However, as someone who is destined to succeed in life,
Ayolu, now 17 years, has become a beneficiary of Shell
Petroleum Development Company’s overseas scholarship.
The scholarship scheme, whose yearly budget is about
N120m, and managed by Bassan West Cluster Development
Board, saw Ayolu as one of the 14 beneficiaries.
Ayolu, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, said his life was a
testimony that “absolute faith in God and hard work are very
important in life.”
He said, “Life has been unkind to me. But today, I have every
cause to glorify God for lifting me up beyond my imagination.
“At a point, I lost hope completely and started nursing the idea
of taking my life. It was so bad that when I heard about this
scholarship, I could not raise transport fare to the venue of
the examination.”
Ayolu said one of his cousins assisted him financially to obtain
the scholarship form and also gave him transport fare from
Ekene to Yenagoa where the test took place.
“At the end of the test, I was successful. I am going to read
Computer Science at Wisconsin University, Ghana. The
discipline has been my lifelong ambition and I am grateful that
God has used my community and Shell to make the dream a
reality.”
He advised other youths in difficult situation not to give up,
saying that with hard work and trust in God, they would
achieve their desires.
He also urged the governments at all levels to look into the
plight of the orphans in the country.
“Governments should look into the plight of orphaned children
in the country. They should not abandon them. The government
should institute a scholarship scheme for the orphaned,”
Ayolu said.
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Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State, lost his father and
mother. Unexpectedly, life became cruel to him as he learnt to
fend for himself. He told our correspondent that he took to
fishing to pay for his fees in primary and secondary schools,
as his grandmother, whom he stayed with, did not have
enough.
However, as someone who is destined to succeed in life,
Ayolu, now 17 years, has become a beneficiary of Shell
Petroleum Development Company’s overseas scholarship.
The scholarship scheme, whose yearly budget is about
N120m, and managed by Bassan West Cluster Development
Board, saw Ayolu as one of the 14 beneficiaries.
Ayolu, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, said his life was a
testimony that “absolute faith in God and hard work are very
important in life.”
He said, “Life has been unkind to me. But today, I have every
cause to glorify God for lifting me up beyond my imagination.
“At a point, I lost hope completely and started nursing the idea
of taking my life. It was so bad that when I heard about this
scholarship, I could not raise transport fare to the venue of
the examination.”
Ayolu said one of his cousins assisted him financially to obtain
the scholarship form and also gave him transport fare from
Ekene to Yenagoa where the test took place.
“At the end of the test, I was successful. I am going to read
Computer Science at Wisconsin University, Ghana. The
discipline has been my lifelong ambition and I am grateful that
God has used my community and Shell to make the dream a
reality.”
He advised other youths in difficult situation not to give up,
saying that with hard work and trust in God, they would
achieve their desires.
He also urged the governments at all levels to look into the
plight of the orphans in the country.
“Governments should look into the plight of orphaned children
in the country. They should not abandon them. The government
should institute a scholarship scheme for the orphaned,”
Ayolu said.
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