Project ID: 87061

Chinese Government awards 58 Nigerian students scholarships to study in China

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Nigeria

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2019-08-16

Description

On August 16, 2019, the Chinese government awarded full scholarships to 58 Nigerian students in Abuja. Li Xuda, the Chinese cultural counselor in Nigeria, presented the awards. The recipients were 3 undergraduates, 39 graduates, and 16 doctoral students. The scholarships were sponsored through different programs, such as unilateral grants to developing countries, China-Nigeria bilateral agreements, and multilateral outcomes from the 2018 Forum On China-Africa Cooperation Beijing summit.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Nigeria [Government Agency]