The Opekete Foundation is in memory of Late Mrs Florence Bamidele Makanjuola who built a career in teaching and nursing. In the spirit of acting on her desire to see better teachers and nurses, Mrs Makanjuola set up the okpekete foundation with a few students being beneficiaries. To keep her dream alive, her children and grandchildren have decided to keep continue with the scholarships via the Florence Fund.
Opekete Foundation
Opekete Foundation seeks to create a world of opportunities for women and girls to prosper regardless of their starting point in life. The foundation believes that with access to education, financial services, and skills training, all women can be empowered for success. Their focus is empowering young girls in Nigeria to a better life through education and financial literacy.
Mrs. Florence Bamidele Makanjuola
Mrs. Florence Bamidele Makanjuola nee Familusi (1921 – 2021) was a teacher, nurse, great grandmother and beloved matriarch. A pioneer of her generation with educational opportunity, she lived a long, eventful, and accomplished life, passing away just shy of her 100th birthday. The Opekete Foundation was the brainchild of Florence, created as a platform to formalize her lifelong support for the education of indigent girls in Imesi-Ile and her other female empowerment and philanthropic activities. The Foundation was named in honour of her beloved late father, Gilbert Familusi aka Opekete (proprietor of Opekete Shoes), a strong and enduring influence in her life whose love, guidance and memory she revered till the end of her days.
Scholarship value
- University students: Maximum of 650,000 per annum for each student
- Secondary school students: Maximum of 350,000 per annum for each student.
Application process
Details relevant to applying for the scholarship will be found below
Eligibility
To be eligible for the scholarship you must:
- A female Nigerian Citizen
- Have gained admission/ or currently enrolled into a public university or Senior Secondary School while applying for this opportunity
- Intending and/or willing to study Teaching Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) or Nursing in the University
- Be attending or intending to attend a public or federal government owned Senior Secondary School or University
Academic qualifications
For secondary school applicants
Minimum of 5 Distinctions (A or B) in English, Mathematics and any other 3 major subjects in Junior WAEC.
For university applicants
- Minimum of 5 Distinctions (A1- B3) in English, Mathematics and any other 3 major subjects in WAEC / NECO at one sitting.
- Meet the required cut-off score in JAMB for the course and school applied to.
Application deadline
Applications are done online through their website – link found below.
Application closes on the 15th of September 2024.
Go to the Opekete Foundation website to not miss the announcement of 2024 awardees around the 30th of October, 2024.
