As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has awarded scholarships to eleven students of the University. The scholarship scheme is for selected community students, who have secured admission into higher institutions during the 2015/2016 Academic Session. Beneficiaries are: Ajayi Toheeb, Water Resources Management, COLERM; Salako Samuel, Crop Protection, COLPLANT; Lasaki  Adeola, Plant Physiology and Crop Production, COLPLANT; Olaotan Blessing, Economics, COLMAS; Kolawole Abimbola, Mathematics ,COLPHYS; Ajayi-Oyelayo Motunrayo, Nutrition and Dietetics, COLFHEC; Soaga Mojeed, Electrical/ Electronics, COLENG; Jimoh Toheed, Environmental Management and Toxicology, COLERM; Jolaosho Abayomi, Crop Protection, COLPLANT; Ayandeji Toheeb, Business Enterprice Management, COLMAS and  Isiyemi Samson, Chemistry, COLPHYS.

Each of the beneficiaries would get a sum of One Hundred and Nineteen Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira (N119, 700) that would be used for the payment of school fees, boarding fees and other related expenses. The donor, WAPCo, owns and operates the West African Gas Pipeline System, with a mandate to transport natural gas from Nigeria to customers in Benin, Togo and Ghana.