More than fifty-eight indigent students from Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State have benefited from the scholarship scheme of former Senator I.G. Abana in a ceremony witnessed by the residents of the community.
The award will be implemented through the Senator IG Abana Foundation.
For over eight years the Foundation has continued to livr up to the tenets of its motto, “Touching Lives Positively” and its vision of scholarship scheme for indigent but intelligent secondary school and university students, financial empowerment for small scale entrepreneurs, particularly women, free medical health services for the sick, special health intervention scheme for patients with terminal health conditions, food assistance to the needy and establishment of Centre for the elderly for their good health, maintenance and welfare.
Thirty-five undergraduates and twenty-three secondary school students were beneficiaries of the scholarship award.
The thirty-five undergraduates would receive a cheque of one hundred-thousand-naira bursary every year.
Speaking at the ceremony , a Catholic Priest Reverend Father Chukwukaodinaka Oragu, described Senator Abana as a grassroot philanthropist, who could do anything that is beneficial for his people, stressing that the gesture is worthy of emulation.
For Senator Abana, his passion for education motivated the gesture, adding that it was through education that humanity could be felt.
Senator Abana pointed out that there are brilliant students who cannot afford the fees to acquire university education, noting that the responsibility is on the society to assist such students and their parents as according to him, education breeds development.
He added that elderly people have also benefited from the foundation scheme to ensure that they maintain good health even as he challenged well-meaning individuals to take up the responsibility of looking after the poor and elderly.
Some of the beneficiaries, including Mr. Benson Egu, David Anunobi and Cecilia Akabuike expressed gratitude to Senator Abana and his foundation, while expressing joy for benefiting from the kind gesture noting that it will go a long way to boost their individual livelihood.
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