Empowerment
Lanre Ojelabi Launches 2026 Scholarship Initiative for Ogun Students
Lanre Ojelabi scholarship initiative 2026 will fund exam fees for 100 brilliant, less privileged students in Abeokuta, promoting equal educational opportunities
Lanre Ojelabi, founder of the Lanre Ojelabi Empowerment Foundation Nigeria and Black Street Foundation Canada, has announced the launch of the 2026 edition of his scholarship initiative aimed at supporting less privileged students in Abeokuta.
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The scholarship programme, known as Lanre Ojelabi Scholarship Initiative 2.0, will cover the cost of senior secondary school certificate examinations for 100 students across the city.
The initiative includes funding for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) tests.
Speaking to supporters, Ojelabi highlighted the foundation’s focus on providing fair and equitable opportunities for talented students who lack financial access.
“In Nigeria, we do not lack talent or intelligence; what we lack is access,” he said.
“Our scholarship initiative is intended to give these students the access they need to succeed.”
The initiative will engage with administrators in 18 schools across Abeokuta to encourage eligible students to apply.
Volunteers of the foundation are preparing to present proposals and educate school officials on the programme’s goals.
Ojelabi also appealed for public support to expand the foundation’s impact.
Contributions can be made via GoFundMe, Interac transfers in Canada, or the foundation’s Fidelity Bank account in Nigeria.
“The little we can do, we will do,” he said, urging donors to help provide opportunities for young Nigerians to excel.
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The Lanre Ojelabi Empowerment Foundation has consistently emphasised the importance of secondary education as a foundation for future success, with the scholarship initiative forming part of broader efforts to address systemic inequities in access to education.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to empowering Nigerians through skills acquisition and sustainable livelihoods, as 700 beneficiaries graduated from a 10-day Federal Government vocational training programme in Oyo State.
Dr Abiola Arogundade, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education (TVEE), stated this on Friday in Ibadan at the graduation ceremony.
The training was organised under the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) to equip beneficiaries with practical, market-relevant skills for economic independence.
Arogundade said the initiative reflected Tinubu’s determination to bridge Nigeria’s skills gap and empower young Nigerians to compete effectively in the evolving economy.
She said the programme was designed to promote self-reliance, improve employability and enable beneficiaries to build sustainable livelihoods.
According to her, the 700 beneficiaries comprised 30 participants trained in artificial intelligence (AI) and graphics, 85 in makeup artistry, 85 in fashion design and 500 in digital economy-related skills.
“This project is very dear to my heart because I come from Aremo, Ibadan.
“But it is also very dear to the heart and vision of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose determination to close Nigeria’s skills gap is a major driver of the mandate we have been given.”
Arogundade said Tinubu believed young Nigerians needed opportunities, skills and tools to compete effectively and achieve economic independence.
She urged stakeholders to support initiatives that equipped young people with relevant skills and opened pathways to sustainable livelihoods.
Sen. Sharafadeen Alli, APC governorship candidate in Oyo State and representative of Oyo South Senatorial District, said the initiative would contribute to poverty reduction not just in Oyo but across the country.
Sen. Alli said the Tinubu administration had introduced measures to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal, adding that the empowerment programme was part of efforts to tackle poverty and unemployment.
Similarly, Sen. Yunus Akintunde (representing Oyo Central) commended Arogundade for facilitating the programme and urged beneficiaries to preserve and make productive use of the equipment provided.
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, represented by Shola Ladoja, also commended Arogundade and the Federal Government for the initiative, while expressing
optimism that the programme would contribute to poverty reduction and improve livelihoods.
The ceremony attracted youths, representatives of non-governmental organisations, politicians, traditional rulers, entrepreneurs and academics.
At the end of the programme, all beneficiaries were awarded certificates and provided with start-up kits to support their transition into self-employment and sustainable livelihoods.
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