Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- The House of Representatives has directed its Committees on Diaspora, University Education, Foreign Affairs, and Anti-Corruption to investigate the Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) over alleged mismanagement, abuse of process, and failure to pay stipends to Nigerian students studying abroad under various government-sponsored and bilateral education schemes.

This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Chike Okafor (APC, Imo) during Wednesday's plenary.

Moving the motion, Mr Okafor expressed concern that the FSB, an agency under the Federal Ministry of Education, has allegedly failed to meet its statutory responsibility of safeguarding the welfare of Nigerian scholars in foreign institutions.

He noted that the b...