{"id":15962,"date":"2026-06-20T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-womens-group-awards-scholarships\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:22:28","slug":"iita-womens-group-awards-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-womens-group-awards-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA Women\u2019s Group awards scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"Le\u00a0<u>IITA<\/u>\u00a0Women\u2019s Group (WG) organized a scholarship award ceremony at the Institute\u2019s headquarters on 22 November. The award scheme is designed to assist IITA national staff on or below PG 6 in sponsoring their children for an academic session.\n\nThe ceremony was attended by members of WG led by Charlotte Sanginga, Head of the Scholarship and Charity Committee;\u00a0<u>Lilian Mendoza<\/u>, Head of Human Resources;\u00a0<u>Hilde Koper-Limbourg<\/u>, Deputy Director General, Corporate Services; and parents of the awardees, with the aim of recognizing the cognitive ability of the privileged awardees.\n<div id=\"attachment_4222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4222 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Members-of-IITA-WomenE28099s-Group-with-Hilde-Koper-DDG-CS-and-Lilian-Mendoza-Head-Human-Resources.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4222\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Members of IITA Women\u2019s Group with Hilde Koper, DDG-CS and Lilian Mendoza, Head, Human Resources<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIn her welcome address, Mendoza thanked the donors and the WG for their significant contribution to the future of the children. She said that education is the best legacy and as such, should be the best gift that can be given to any child. She advised awardees to dream big and study hard to be in a position to contribute to the future of others in years to come.\n\nMrs Sanginga thanked the WG for the effort they put into the screening process. She advised parents to help their children prepare well for the coming year, because this year\u2019s scores were significantly low, with only five applicants meeting the cut-off point. The cut-off was reduced to 60% so that more applicants could benefit. Due to the reduction, there were 45 recipients; 25 from Ibadan and 20 from other locations including Cotonou and Kinshasa. Of the 25, there were 10 junior secondary students, 9 senior secondary, and 6 post-secondary students. The examination comprised Math, English, aptitude tests, and essay questions.\n\nAccording to Edith Badu-Apraku, Chairperson of WG: \u201cThe vision of the group is to contribute significantly to\u00a0 society by helping people. Apart from giving scholarships, IITA Women\u2019s Group also renders help to orphanages and the less privileged.\u201d\n\nWhile delivering the closing address, Koper-Limbourg commended the organizers for their brilliant idea of securing the future of the next generation of leaders, and encouraged their parents to continue helping the awardees to study hard to excel in their studies. She also encouraged the awardees to \u201cbe the light\u201d to their peers.\n<div id=\"attachment_4243\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bulletin_2467-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1094\" height=\"497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4243\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Scholarship recipients from Ibadan showig off their certificates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nSpeaking on behalf of parents of the awardees, Jacob Ode expressed his gratitude to the WG for helping IITA junior staff with financing the education of their children. The ceremony ended with a vote of thanks from Gbemi Babarinde, an awardee for post-secondary education, who appreciated the organizers for the positive impact in their lives and who on behalf of the recipients, pledged to do their best to make their parents and sponsors proud.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IITA Women\u2019s Group (WG) organized a scholarship award ceremony at the Institute\u2019s headquarters on 22 November.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15963,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[1577],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[197],"class_list":["post-15962","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iita-news-no-2467iita-women-group","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-197"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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