At least 43 survivors at the Home for the Needy Internally Displaced Persons camp in Uhorgua, Edo, are set to graduate from tertiary institutions at the end of the ongoing academic session.

The camp’s coordinator, Solomon Folorunsho, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja on Tuesday.

Mr Folorunsho said that the soon-to-be graduates were in various tertiary institutions across the country, reading courses ranging from Engineering, Medicine, Accounting, Nursing, Law, to Business Administration, Pharmacy, Laboratory Technology, among others.

He also said that no fewer than 147 survivors in the camp recently completed the Senior Secondary School Examination. 

According to him, in the just-concluded NECO and NABTEB examinations, we were able to register 147 of our children for each of the examinations.

‘’One hundred and forty out of the 147 sat for the Joint Admission Matriculation Board examination, and they did very well, as one person scored above 300, and more than 123 scored above 200,” said Mr Folorunsho. “However, we are expecting admission for about 145 of them, taking into cognisance the released cut-off mark for admission into tertiary institutions by JAMB some time ago.’’

The coordinator also stated that six of the survivors were currently undergoing the mandatory National Youth Service Corps, while five were recently called to the Nigerian Bar. Mr Folorunsho said that, despite the challenges, he was undaunted, as he and his team would not let the dreams of the survivors die.

He therefore called on Nigerians to join hands with the camp’s management to help the survivors achieve their dreams.

(NAN)