Unubiko Foundation Pays 2025 WAEC Registration Fees For Indigent Students In Abia
UNUBIKO FOUNDATION, a non-governmental organization of Chief James Ume, has once again paid the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) registration fees of about 200 indigent candidates in Ovukwu Abam Secondary School Atan Abam and Onyerubi Comprehensive Secondary School Ndi Oji Abam of the state.
Chief Ume through the foundation has sustained his momentum of investments in education at a time that the economy of Nigeria is biting hard.
Chief James Ume, a media consultant and a business entrepreneur who was represented by Hon Godwill Ironma a former councilor for Ovukwu Abam ward disclosed that the benefiting students were drawn from Ndi Okereke, Ndi Oji, Ndi Agwu Atan and other neighboring villages in Abam Community.
According to him, the gesture was borne out of a desire to preserve the legacies of his late mother, who had a strong passion for education.
Chief Ume had through the foundation rebuilt and transformed the two secondary schools into modern world-class schools.
He has also awarded scholarship to Abia students and non-Abians in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
On the flag-off of the N300m scholarship grant, Chief Ume said the scheme will target the less privileged individuals.
According to him: “We will use every resource God has given us to worship him. As the Chairman of the Unubiko Foundation, my wife has approved and we have set aside a N300m scholarship fund for Abia State students.
In 2024, Chief Ume was presented with the Philanthropist of the year awarded by The Reporters Magazine.
The award ceremony was held on Saturday night, February 15, 2025, in Abuja.
The plaque was presented to Chief Ume by Mr. Garba Shehu, the former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.
The latest recognition adds to the long list of awards received by the businessman and media entrepreneur for his extensive philanthropic contributions.
Unubiko Foundation Pays 2025 WAEC Registration Fees For Indigent Students In Abia is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
