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10 Recipients of the OPF Underprivileged Scholarship
(June 2008)
(2
from each of the 5 Towns of Oji-River LGA, Enugu State, Nigeria)
PROLOGUE: OPF underprivileged scholarship
award is a part of the Oji-River People’s Forum Community
Development Project, launched on September 22, 2007, in Houston,
Texas, USA. This scholarship will pay the [10] recipients’ full
tuition fee for the entire four-year bachelor’s degree program in
Nigeria.
OUR GRATITUDE: We, the
members of OPF (see below), owe a big debt of gratitude to those who
donated to this project. Thank you very much for helping us to open
the gates of opportunity and hope to our youth. Needless to say,
our community will harvest the fruits of your generosity in about
four years from now. May God bless you!
Recipients of the
Scholarship
I. Achi
Mr. Onyemachi Ifeanyi Richmond
Major: Electronic Engineering (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
Mr. Madu Raphael Chukwuka
Major: Microbiology (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
II. Akpugoeze
Mr. Madubuko Emeka Christian
Major: Engineering (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
Mr. Ozoemena Ernest Izuchukwu
Major: Biochemistry (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
III. Awlaw
Ms. Adaora Maureen Iloh
Major: English (Nasarawa State University)
Mr. Brendan Ndubueze Offiah
Major: Urban and Regional Planning (Enugu State University of
Science and Technology)
IV. Inyi
Ms. Grace Orah Okwudili
Major: Marketing (St. Paul’s University College – UNN Affiliate)
Mr. Onwurah Okwudili O.
Major: Law (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
V. Ugwuoba
Ms. Chioma Adaobi Obi
Major: Parasitology (Enugu State University of Science and
Technology)
Mr. Nwokolo Paulinus Chukwuebuka
Major: Industrial Physics (Anambra State University)
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Winner: Western Union 2007 Essay Competition
Mazi Chijioke
Onyekwelu is the 2nd Place Winner in the Western Union 2007 Essay
Competition, “Celebrating African Milestones".
Participants wrote essays, explaining "What Independence Means to
Them."
Chijioke was
awarded $1,000 by Western Union (March, 2008). For details of this essay
competition, click
here.
Chijioke is curently a Pre-Med
freshman student at Angelo State University, San Antonio, Texas. OPF is very proud of Chijioke,
and congratulates him so dearly. We wish him the very best. |
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Executive
Prof. Bedford N. Umez
(President)
Mr. Ike Obi
(Secretary)
Mr. Forster Obianagu
(Treasurer)
Mr. Chike Onyekwelu
(Financial Secretary)
Mr. Emmanuel Ubesie
(Publicity Secretary)
Board
Dr.
Theophilus Mbah
Dr. Kanayo Ubesie
Mr. Dominic Onyebueke
Barrister Emenike Ibe
Mr. Emeka Aladume
Mr. Steve Nnake
Barrister Ifeanyi Ubesie
Mr. Basil Mbah
Mr. Mike Ofoegbuna
Mr. Ejike Nwabuike
Attorney Ben Mbonu
Mr. Samuel Ekesi
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