1.0 INTRODUCTION:

1.1 The Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) is a Department under the office of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education headed by a Director. It is located at the Federal Ministry of Education Annex, plot 245 Samuel Ademulegun Street, Opposite Arewa Suites, Central Business District, Abuja. The Board for the purpose of decentralization has offices in each of the six (6) Geo-political zones for administrative conveniences and effectiveness. Namely, Minna for North Central, Guzau for North West, Bauchi for North East, Akure for South West, Enugu for South East and Port Harcourt for South South.

2.0 MANDATE OF THE FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD (FSB)

2.1 Implementation of Federal Government Policy and programmes relating to foreign and local scholarship awards to the deserving Nigerian scholars:

2.2 Preparation/Organization of various Scholarship Programmes such as [Nigeria Awards, Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) and other international and Bilateral Scholarship Aid Programmme);

2.3 Planning, coordinating and screening of qualified Nigerian Scholars and forwarding of outstanding Scholars to Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, London United Kingdom (UK) for final selection;

2.4 Organizing national screening exercise for the selection of qualified candidates for the award of scholarship to study in Nigerian Public Tertiary Institution and for nomination of students for Bilateral and Multilateral Scholarship Awards;

2.5 Processing the remittances of scholar’s allowances to Scholars accounts in foreign countries; from the Ministry through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria Embassy of various countries where we have the scholars.

2.6 Guiding and Advising States Scholarship Boards on scholarship policies and programmes through Annual Coordinating Committee Meeting of Secretaries of the Federal and State Scholarship Boards:

2.7 Supervising and monitoring the activities of Federal Government’s scholars in Tertiary Institutions locally and abroad; through Verification Exercise.