The Diploma programme of the Department of Local Government and Development Studies, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife serves as a training programme for Local Government staff funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria. It also serves as preliminary programme for interested candidates who wish to pursue sub-degree programme in Local Government and Development Studies. After completion of the programme, successful candidates with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 and above qualifies for Direct Entry (DE) admission into 200-level B.Sc. degree programme in the following Departments at OAU namely: Local Government and Development Studies, Public Administration, Political Science as well as Institute of Entrepreneurship and Development Studies. Further details can be found on http://lgs.oauife.edu.ng
B. MODE OF APPLICATION: Candidates who wish to apply for the 2022/2023 Diploma programme screening exercise are required to go through the following processes: Download the application form from https://eportal.oauife.edu.ng and fill as appropriate;
Apply for Diploma in Local Govt. & Devt. Std.Pay the application fees of $10,000 only via https://remita.net as follows:
- Select "Bill & Purchase" on https://remita.net, "Pay Billers".
- Type Obafemi Awolowo University for "Who do you want to pay".
- For "Name of service/purpose", select "Local Government Form & Fees".
- Enter 1000072192 for "GIFMIS Code".
- For "Description", enter "Diploma in Local Govt Application".
- Provide other necessary details such as "name", "phone" and "email" as required.
- Send the printout from RRR as an attached file to: [email protected] in addition to the scanned copies of supporting certificates and filled application form to receive the screening passcode
NOTE: The date of the screening exercise will be communicated via contact GSM and email supplied in due course. All enquiries should be forwarded to [email protected]
