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NAPS Leadership Meet With OPAY Top Management Staff in Lagos State on the 30th December, 2024.

 



The Senate President of  National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), Comrade Adeniji Boluwaji Temitope, alongside the NAPS structure Comrade Abdulmumeen Ibrahim, Comrade Olalere Benedict, NAPS Southwest PRO, Director of Media and Publicity met with the Top Management Staff of Opay in Lagos State to discussed the opportunity in the Scholarship platform for Nigerian Students organized by OPAY and how the Polytechnic Students could benefit.



The meeting was made possible due to the timely intervention of the DSS Lagos State Command in response to an official letter written to OPAY.


 Comrade Olalere Benedict presented the position of NAPS that Polytechnic Students as always been marginalized in Nigeria; different organizations do focus on University Students than Polytechnic Students and if  everyone will be sincere the Polytechnic graduates are contributing more to the economic development and progress of Nigeria than the university graduates. He made mentioned that Polytechnic community were not happy with OPAY inspite being among the major subscribers to the network.

There is no doubt that OPAY as FINTECH is doing extremely well,Opay Services is efficient and effective, making financial transactions easy but the Polytechnic Students that formed the larger percent of the subscribers have not been considered in the CSR (Students Scholarship). The Proof Fund should also be considered by OPAY and finally submitted a plead to OPAY Management to consider the Polytechnic Students without looking into the HND/BSC Dichotomy in Nigeria.


The Chief Operation Officer (COO) of Opay responded that there is nothing like OPAY supporting HND/Bsc Dichotomy in Nigeria and added that himself is a Polytechnic product which by no means he can be in support. On the part of the Students Scholarship, he said, it was designed by OPAY Management to support Nigerian Students and has been for primary and secondary education category. However, the management magnanimously decided to extend it to the Tertiary Institution in Nigeria while the pilot scheme is to know how this will help the students and selected University were picked at random. 


He re-emphasized to NAPS Leadership  that the Scholarship is for Tertiary Institutions not just University alone while assuring that some Polytechnic has been selected for the scheme and in due time those Polytechnic will be communicated. OPAY can not reach the entire Institution in Nigeria but at least all regions will have the effect of this scholarship, and some other OPAY staff present also responded appropriately. 


The Head of Risk Management, Head of CSR gave assurance that Polytechnic structure was not marginalized by OPAY but it's awesome and welcoming that NAPS Leadership has spoken up and opened up the communication channel between OPAY and NAPS. OPAY is committed to a financial comfort for all Nigerians and they can assure the NAPS leadership that Polytechnic Students have been considered for the scholarship. 


These responses brought smiles to the faces of NAPS leadership in attendance. Comrade Adeniji Boluwaji Temitope the Senate President of National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) responded to the submission of OPAY Management by commending and appreciating OPAY for the community service and the easy and  seamless financial transactions for Nigerians and ask for more collaboration between NAPS and OPAY in other programs while Comrade Oyewumi Festus the NAPS PRO Southwest laid more emphasis on the Proof of Fund because some Students use Opay For all their day to day financial transactions and some were affected when they applied for Visa in the recent time and their requested proof of fund can't be fit. Likewise, Comrade Abdulmumeen the National Secretary of NAPS Stakeholders Forum also applauded OPAY and asked for more business opportunities for Polytechnic graduates and undergraduates and acknowledged the excellent performance of their modus operandi than the confectionery Commercial Bank in Nigeria.


Aluta Continua..... Victoria Ascerta

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