By Prosper Mene
Awka, Anambra State – April 25, 2026
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has awarded a comprehensive scholarship to Chiazo Umeaniba, a student of Maria Regina Model Comprehensive Secondary School, Nnewi, after she scored 344 in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Soludo announced the award on Sunday during the first anniversary celebration of Solution Fun City in Awka. The governor made the announcement after Umeaniba, who is the school’s senior prefect, performed as one of the dancers entertaining guests at the event. He was subsequently informed of her UTME score.
Declaring the scholarship, Soludo said it would cover her education from undergraduate to PhD level.
“Your education from undergraduate to PhD is on me. Yes, the bill is on me. I was also a senior prefect like you, I made the best result,” the governor said.
He explained why the gesture touched him:
“You know why I’m touched: I was a senior prefect like her, I went into the university and made a first class honours and won all the departmental and faculty prizes. I am also wishing that she, as a senior prefect and making 344 in UTME, is going in there, I can see her coming out with first class honours, but the bill I will pay. Even after my tenure as a governor, I will continue to pay the bills”.
The scholarship gesture aligns with Soludo’s administration’s push to reward academic excellence and position Anambra as a hub for learning and innovation.
