The Nigerian Embassy in Moscow has disclosed the number of Nigeria students who have arrived in Russia as part of a scholarship scheme.
According to a statement released by the embassy, seventy-eight Nigeria students who are part of the second batch of the 2020/2021 academic year scholarship under the Russia-Nigeria Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA), arrived Vnukovo International airport, on Dec. 6, 2021.
“The thirty-two (32) scholars, accompanied by two (2) officials of the Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) were received by officials of Nigerian Embassy, Moscow.
“The first set of forty-six (46) students had earlier arrived on 22 November 2021, accompanied by officials of the Federal Scholarships Board (FSB), Abuja.
“The students are currently undergoing mandatory language courses at the various universities in Russia,” the statement said.
Russia affirmed via the statement that they’ve continually maintained excellent bilateral relations with the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and it has since during the Soviet era, extended several scholarship opportunities for the training of Nigerian professionals in different fields.
“Every year, over eighty-five (85) Nigerian students are awarded scholarships to study in Russia.
“The number keeps on increasing yearly. In 2021, over one hundred Nigerian scholarship students, currently studying virtually, are scheduled to arrive before the end of the year,” it said.
The scholars who landed safely in Russia are to be trained in different areas of specialization, such as general medicine, aeronautic engineering, chemical technology, nuclear physics and technology, mechatronics and robotics, nanotechnology and microsystems engineering.