The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha has said he did not ask his parents for money as a law undergraduate. He stated he paid his way through school because he acquired business skills as a student that enabled him to earn money. While recalling how he became an entrepreneur as a school boy the SGF said he joined other students to grow crops and then organise their sales.
Mr. Mustapha who spoke as a special guest during the Hong Economic Summit, which took place at his alma mater, Government Secondary School , Hong said that,"All through my university days, I had no need to ask my parents for money because I had become self-sufficient. By the time I was in Part 2 going to Part 3, I had already started work and earning money."
Many brilliant undergraduates were given scholarships by State Governments, Federal Government and the Commonwealth of Nations. The Soviet Union, Cuba and other socialist countries gave full scholarships to hundreds of young Nigerians from poor homes. It is on record that at no cost to the Federal Government, the Soviet Union trained over 4,000 Nigerian metallurgists for the Ajaokuta Iron and Steel before the collapse of the project.
In addition, undergraduates collected loans from the Federal Government under the Students Loan Decree of 1972. Even though, Mr. Mustapha and other graduates of his generation were fully employed upon their graduation, majority of them did not pay back the student loan.
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