Ekene Franklin Ezeunala, who emerged as the overall highest scorer nationwide in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with a score of 347, has been awarded a fully funded scholarship to study in the United States for the 2021/2022 academic session.
Full Funding to Study at Columbia University, New York
- Now 17 years old (having been denied UNILAG admission in 2019 because he was 15 and below the mandatory 16-year minimum age limit), Ezeunala was selected as one of the scholars of the U.S. Consulate General's EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program (OFP).
- The Opportunity Funds Program covered all his standardized test fees (SAT/TOEFL), college application fees, visa fees, and flight tickets to the United States.
- Through the programme, Ezeunala secured a full-ride scholarship to study Computer Science and Mathematics at Columbia University in the City of New York, an Ivy League institution.
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