Accord party presidential candidate, Professor Christopher Imumolen has once again distributed scholarships worth hundreds of millions of naira to more than 2,000 students in Kabba, Kogi State, on Saturday.
This was in keeping with his vowed commitment to constantly empower and reach out to the less fortunate in society so they can realize their innate potential.
The presidential hopeful made time out of his hectic schedule to visit one of the programs close to his heart: giving scholarships to students who are financially challenged in order to support their academic aspirations.
The students were given scholarships worth $2 million each at the Institute of Science and Management, run by the Joint Professional and Support International Limited (JPTS), a school he founded three years ago and served as the event’s location. The setting had a carnival-like feel to it.
Some of the fortunate students spoke after receiving their awards, expressing their gratitude for the honor and promising to take full use of the chance.
“I’m really overwhelmed. I wasn’t expecting this, and I really thank God for this opportunity,” one of the beneficiaries said.
Imumolen later told an NTA crew that the response his scholarship program received in Kabba had inspired him and that he would do his best to help more Nigerians as soon as the chance arose.
“I am delighted to be able to start this scholarship programme that has helped in no small way in advancing the academic aspirations of a lot of Nigerians since its inception,” he said.
“We will continue to empower them any which way we can— with business ideas, skill acquisition and in general entrepreneurship.
“I am encouraged by the reception this initiative has gotten here in Kabba, and we’ll continue to engage more Nigerians to make sure they also get these opportunities,” he added.
And while receiving the professor during a courtesy call earlier in his palace, the Obaro of Kabba, Oba Solomon Owoniyi, was full of praise for the Accord party presidential candidate, saying he loved the fact that he was investing in human capital through the scholarships he gave to indigent students of the community.
“What you have done, son, gladdens my heart,” he told Imumolen in his palace.
“We have no other industry other than education in Kabba. That is why we would always support anything that would advance the cause of our teeming youths through education,” he added.