{"id":31416,"date":"2026-08-19T06:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=31416"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:03:35","slug":"liberias-lottery-authority-funds-registration-fees-for-56-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/liberias-lottery-authority-funds-registration-fees-for-56-students","title":{"rendered":"Liberia\u2019s lottery authority funds registration fees for 56 students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme is intended to reduce some of the financial barriers faced by students with disabilities in pursuing higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liberia.- The <strong>National Lottery Authority (NLA) <\/strong>of Liberia has donated L$152,000 (US$837) to help cover registration fees for 56 physically challenged students at the University of Liberia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assistance was presented on Tuesday, August 18 under the NLA\u2019s <strong>Education Empowerment Program<\/strong>, which is administered through its Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Welfare departments. The programme is intended to reduce some of the financial barriers faced by students with disabilities in pursuing higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NLA said the initiative forms part of its wider social responsibility efforts to promote inclusive education and equal opportunities for vulnerable Liberians. The empowerment programme has operated for four years and provides support to physically challenged students attending public universities and community colleges across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presenting the cheque at the NLA\u2019s Old Road headquarters in Monrovia, deputy director general for administration <strong>Ennish Lamie Fahnbulleh<\/strong> said the support reflects the Authority\u2019s commitment to extending its social impact beyond its regulatory responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fahnbulleh also reaffirmed the Authority\u2019s intention to strengthen its social intervention programmes and expand initiatives supporting education and inclusion for persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NLA said it would continue the Education Empowerment Program as part of its efforts to support students in Liberia\u2019s public higher education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gertrude Weah Doelu<\/strong>, administrative assistant at the University of Liberia\u2019s Resource Center for Disabilities Support Services and Alternative Learning, received the cheque on behalf of the beneficiaries. She thanked the NLA for its continued support, saying the funding would help ease registration and transportation costs for the students.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<div id=\"see-also-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"related-article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/photo-1629723515744-9ece210b6ddd-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"related-article__text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/benins-national-lottery-widens-access-with-expanded-draw-schedule\">Benin&#8217;s National Lottery widens access with expanded draw schedule<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The programme is intended to reduce some of the financial barriers faced by students with disabilities in pursuing higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":31419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Lottery Authority (NLA) of Liberia has donated L$152,000 (US$837) to support 56 physically challenged students at the University of Liberia through its Education Empowerment Program. This initiative, part of the NLA's Corporate Social Responsibility, aims to reduce financial barriers for students with disabilities and promote inclusive education. The NLA reaffirms its commitment to expanding social intervention programmes beyond its core regulatory responsibilities.","focusai_entities":"National Lottery Authority, University of Liberia, Ennish Lamie Fahnbulleh, Gertrude Weah Doelu","focusai_location":"Liberia, Monrovia","focusai_target_profile":"regulator (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NLA CSR Strategy","query":"What are the strategic objectives and long-term funding mechanisms for the National Lottery Authority's Education Empowerment Program within Liberia's broader social welfare initiatives?"},{"label":"Lottery Revenue Allocation","query":"How does the NLA's revenue allocation model balance commercial objectives with its mandated social responsibility contributions, particularly concerning educational support?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[61010,60012],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social","category-west-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31416"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31423,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31416\/revisions\/31423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}