ARRIVAL OF NEW SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS IN RUSSIA
This year, about 107 Scholarships have been awarded by the Russian Government for 2022/2023 Academic Session. The association received the new scholarship students in three batches. On the 1st of December 2022, thirty-two (32) Nigerian scholars -the third batch- along with the accompanying officer from the Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) arrived Moscow, and were received at the Domodedovo International airport by H.E. Prof. Abdullahi Yibaikwal SHEHU, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Belarus. The first and second batches of forty-one (41) and twenty-three (23) scholars arrived Russia on 17th and 26th November 2022 respectively and settled in their respective institutions. Majority of the students are to study Medicine, Engineering and Technology. Overall, Nigeria has over 500 students in the Russian Federation under the bilateral education scholarship, while more than 1500 students are private students spread across Russian universities.
In his welcoming remarks, Ambassador Shehu congratulated the students on their successful arrival in Moscow, and noted that the opportunity to study on scholarships for Nigerian students at various Russian universities represents a successful cooperation in the field of education between Nigeria and Russia and is one of the most important areas in the development of bilateral relations between the two countries of Russia and Nigeria.
