Nigerians on social media have reacted to a purported N2000 cash prize granted by Kogi State University to its first-class graduates.
“This was at a recent convocation at Kogi State University,” a Twitter user who claimed to have observed the prize ceremony captioned a photo of the cheque. All first-class graduating students received N2000, while the overall best graduands received N5000.”
In reaction, Nigerians compared the prizes given by the school to reward academic excellence to the grand prize winners of popular reality show, Big Brother Naija, walks home with.
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A Twitter user @Yusuf Ismail wrote, “Oh my people! Na who do us like this . Someone who does nothing in bbn can be rewarded with over a 100m in less than 3 months but those who strive to study got 2k in 4 years.”
@Ndor Tony, “Chai!..If it was BBNaija it would have been awarded car, money and employment if possible. Nigeria is growing into destruction of better interest about good things.