NGO Okai Nweze Foundation Donates School Chairs, Desks To Pupils Of Odekpe Central School Ogbaru Council Area

A Non-Governmental Organization, Okai Nweze Foundation has donated School chairs and desks to over four hundred Pupils of Odekpe Central School in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Correspondent Emengini Osadebe reports that the ceremony for the handover of the furniture to the school authority attracted officials of the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board,ASUBEB, and other well-meaning citizens of Odekpe community.

The Okai Nweze Foundation, founded five years ago by Princess Helen Adaeze Obah Osonowo, the daughter of the Late Prince Chukwulo Obah, the Okai one of Odekpe Community, was aimed at addressing  challenges facing the less privileged, especially lack of  basic  things of life such as food, shelter, education, among others .

In their separate remarks, theASUBEB Chairman, Mr Patrick Ugbaja, represented by Mrs Uche Okeke and the Education Secretary, Ogbaru Education Zone, Mr Chike Uzor commended the donor for her kind gesture, which they said is in line with the State Government’s objective in education sector, calling on other wealthy individuals to help in lifting the education sector to an enviable height.

On their parts, the President-General of  Odekpe Progressive Union, Barrister Innocent Nwanosike, a representative of Okakwu Odekpe, Chief Amechi Ugboma, the donor’s Uncle, Chief Patrick Obah and her Mother, Princess Aghasinweze Obah, expressed joy for witnessing the occasion, describing Princess Helen as a philanthropist who took after her late father and called on other good-spirited individuals to assist in promoting education in Odekpe by floating free education and scholarships for children.

The Headmistress of the School, Mrs Elizabeth Obiora and the Organizer of the event, Mrs Loveth Obah, who commended the donor for her magnanimity, promised to ensure maximum use of the chairs and desks.

Highpoints of the ceremony include presentations by the Pupils of Odekpe Central School and cutting of tape by the representative of the ASUBEB Chairman, Mrs Okeke.