Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, attended a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Interior to honor winners of the first edition of the Distinguished Scholarship Award. The ceremony, held in the presence of Her Excellency Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the Federal National Council at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Abu Dhabi, aims at honoring Emirati scholarship students from government and private agencies.

His Highness Sheikh Saif awarded the Medal of Community Service to the honorees. He called upon them to be best representatives of their country and to reflect a bright civilized image of the UAE while studying abroad. He also urged them to make the most of this opportunity to gain further academic and cultural attainment, in a way that would positively impact their future professional lives and allow them to show gratitude to their generous bountiful country that has spared no effort to cater to their every need. Sheikh Saif also called upon the scholarship students to preserve the authentic values that have been passed from the ancestors and to always behave in a way that would reflect the true civilized image of the UAE and its people.