Anambra State Governor Prof Chukwuma Soludo has declared a full scholarship for a secondary school student who scored 344 in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, announcing that he would personally fund her education from undergraduate level through to a PhD.

The beneficiary, Chiazo Umeaniba, a senior prefect at Maria Regina Model Comprehensive Secondary School Nnewi, received the announcement during the first anniversary celebration of Solution Fun City in Awka on Sunday, where she had been performing as one of the dancers entertaining guests at the event.

Soludo made the declaration after being informed of Umeaniba's UTME score, drawing a personal parallel to her achievement.

"Your education from undergraduate to PhD is on me. Yes, the bill is on me. I was also a senior prefect like you, I made the best result. You know why I'm touched: I was a senior prefect like her, I went into the University and made a first class honours and won all the departmental and faculty prizes. I am also wishing that she, as a senior prefect and making 344 in UTME, is going in there, I can see her coming out with first class honours, but the bill I will pay. Even after my tenure as a governor, I will continue to pay the bills," he stated.

Umeaniba expressed gratitude to the governor for the scholarship, which is expected to cover the full cost of her university education regardless of the duration.

At the same event, Soludo highlighted the performance of Solution Fun City, which was commissioned by President Bola Tinubu in May 2025 and opened to the public on 28 June 2025. The Secretary to the State Government and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chiamaka Nnake, revealed that the facility recorded an average of 10,000 visitors daily between late December and mid-January, drawing guests from within and outside Anambra State.

Soludo described the facility as part of his administration's broader push to transform Anambra into a tourism and investment destination, adding that more infrastructure projects remain underway and that the centre's success had attracted increased investor interest in residential estates and industrial cities across the State.