Ex-governor of Imo state and chairman, Rochas foundation, Senator Rochas Okorocha has offered 59 slots to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abuja Council, to select indigents Nigerians, who will benefit from the scholarship programme.
He told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that the gesture was done to kick start the celebration of his 59th birthday slated for September, 22nd 2021.
According to the lawmaker, when Nigerians of means reach out to the needy, they would promote national cohesion, peace and stability.
“I am 59 year old I want to offer 59 scholarships to your Council, is your duty now to pick any of these poor children, Orphan, of these 59 given to your Council, as a kick start in any of our schools in Zari, Sokoto, Kano, Yola, Calabar, Enugu, Ibadan, Jos, Bauchi Owerri etc.
This Council should identify this and send the list to us, am marking my birthday first, with the Nigerian Journalists, the FCT chapter, am giving you 59 scholarship to build our partnership, he told the Chairman of Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abuja council, Comrade, Emmanuel Ogbeche.
Ogbeche, had nominated Senator, Rochas Okorocha, for the NUJ Award on Service and Philanthropy, following the impact he has made on the education of Nigerians across the country.
The council chairman commended him for the gesture which would lift 59 children and empower them educationally.
