Nigerian students abroad call out FG over unpaid allowances

According to them, the Federal Government owed each of them $6,720 for the years 2023 and 2024, in addition to unpaid stipends from January to April 2025.

In a recent statement posted on X, the students accused the Ministry of Education of disseminating misleading information about their welfare.

They also rejected the ministry’s claims that all previous payments had been settled and asserted that the host countries were not adequately addressing their needs.

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“The assertion that host countries provide full accommodation and monthly stipends is simply false in many countries. In Morocco, for example, there is no government-provided housing. In Algeria, students get only $70 every four months — that’s not a stipend,” the statement read.

However, the government, through the Director of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade, has assured the students and other stakeholders of its commitment to fulfilling its responsibilities.

While admitting that the recent fluctuations in the foreign exchange caused the shortfalls in fund disbursements, the ministry said all supplementary allowances for Nigerian scholars have been paid up to December 2024.

The ministry further disclosed that a formal request for additional funding to ensure full payment of all entitlements to affected students has been submitted.