ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – A total of 45 Nigerian candidates have been offered scholarships by the American University of Nigeria (AUN) for the 2016/2017 academic year. The AUN, in statement sent to Sundiata Post on Sunday, said the 45 students picked up a total of 65 scholarships, 21 of which covered 100 per cent cost attendance while the remaining 24 students will enjoy waiver of 50 per cent cost attendance. Explaining how the winners emerged, AUN said it offered to award 67 scholarships to new students only for the 2016/2017 academic session. The scholarships were in three categories: National Scholarship for the overall top scorer (1 scholarship), Regional Scholarships for the top 5 scorers in each region (30 scholarships), and State Scholarships for the top scorer in each state (36) scholarships. “Apart from the national scholarship that covered ALL costs of attendance, each scholarship in a category covered 50 per cent of tuition. A candidate could win in up to two categories (50 per cent state and 50 per cent regional) if they were one of the top 5 highest scorers in their region and also the highest scorer in their state for a combined win of 100 per cent coverage on tuition..” A breakdown showed that a total of 45 students won 64 of the scholarships at the regional and states levels, while two state scholarships were not awarded because two states did not feature a contestant. Consequently, the 67 scholarships were awarded as follows: one student won the National Scholarship; 20 students who won a regional scholarship each also were the highest scorers in their states and won 20 of the 36 state scholarships offered, making a total of 40 scholarships awarded in this group;10 students won the remaining 10 Regional Scholarships; while 14 students won 14 of the remaining scholarships in the State Scholarships category. The school management urged students to check their website www.aun.edu.ng for the names of the successful candidates.