Yahaya Bello awards N15m scholarship to 12-year-old table tennis ‘prodigy’

Yahaya Bello, Kogi governor, has awarded a scholarship to Sezuo Ize Azziza, who has been described as a “prodigy” in table tennis.

According to a statement by Muhammed Onogwu, chief press secretary to the state governor, the beneficiary will be awarded N15 million which will cater for her education from secondary school up until university.

Azizza represented Kogi at the 2021 Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) national championship held in Lagos.

The statement added that “her brilliant and exceptional performance at the tournament” caught the governor’s attention which facilitated the scholarship.

The 12-year-old was born into a less privileged family and lost her father at a very tender age.

She desires to study medicine and surgery at the university — a dream the governor said must not be hindered because of her family’s financial status.

Reacting to the development, Wemi Jones, Kogi’s commissioner for education, science and technology, commended the governor for promoting girl child education and other intervention in improving education development in the state.