Foreign Scholars under Nigeria Commonwealth and Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship; and FUNAAB Foreign African Scholarship Scheme (FUFASS) have described and adjudged Nigerians as good people, contrary to general impression, especially the Western World.

The Scholars have been in Nigeria for some time where they are undergraduates and postgraduates students of Universities therein.

Speaking, however, at a Dinner, marking the end of a 5-Day 2nd Edition of the Orientation/Acculturation Programme, organized by the Federal Scholarship Board in collaboration with (FUNAAB), which hosted it, the foreign scholars said until other fellow foreigners, especially from oversees countries visit Nigeria and spend some time, they won’t appreciate the fact that Nigerians are good people.

According to the Governor of the Scholars, Mr. Abdul Koroma, a Sierra-Leonean and a student of Mathematics, University of Ilorin, “If you are far, you will not like to come to Nigeria. As a scholar who have spent up to two to three years now, I want to assure people that the story we are getting outside there is very different from the one obtainable here in Nigeria”.

“Of course, in any environment or society, there are bad eggs, Nigeria is not exempted, however, I will beat my chest saying that 80 percent or even more than 80 percent of Nigerians are good people, therefore, foreigners, mostly white-men should not allow the remaining 20 percent Nigerians to influence them negatively against Nigerians.  These people are good”, he added.

Koroma also fell in love with the greenery and serenity of FUNAAB campus, “FUNAAB is a place to be. I’m highly fascinated by the greenery, the aesthetic, the structure, the layout. I guess they have a master plan, which they