Dickson had redeemed his pledged in March by releasing N200 million for the bursary payment.

The Bayelsa State Scholarship Board has appealed to students of the state origin in higher institutions of learning in Nigeria to exercise patience as their bursary allowances would be paid very soon.

Chairman of the board, Foster Ogola, said in a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa that Governor Seriake Dickson had redeemed his pledged in March by releasing N200 million for the bursary payment.

He explained that the payment, which would be in stages, is only for the 2013/2014 academic session.

Ogola informed the benefiting students that the online registration for bursary entitlement shall commence on Monday, August 18, via the Bayelsa State website:www.bssb-gov.com.

He noted that students of the state who are scholarship beneficiaries in the U.K. had received payments from the £1 million earlier released by the governor for their welfare even as their schools had also received their respective tuition fees.

Ogola said the governor had also approved another N200 million for part-payment of tuition and monthly upkeep entitlements for students of the state in all other countries except the U.K. and Nigeria.