The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he donated over N200 million within a week for education in a bid to provide a future fo
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he donated over N200 million within a week for education in a bid to provide a future for the younger generation.
Obi made this known during the 70th Anniversary of Queen’s School Enugu organised by Queen’s School Old Girls Association on Saturday.
“On Monday, I was in Onitsha, where they started a new university. From there, I went to Borromeo College of Nursing. On Tuesday, I was at Anyigba in Kogi State to attend to students’ needs, and on Thursdays, I was at Almajiri School in Kaduna to attend to their needs also. I have donated over N200 million within the week on education,” he said.
While emphasising the importance of investing in education, Mr Obi said that no country would succeed without education.
He said that he was investing in the future of the young ones to discourage them from crime.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, said that a country’s future depends on its investment in health and education.
He decried the state of the Queen’s School Enugu which he said has produced many great people but had lost its glory due to negligence.
“Those of you who studied in this school will be wondering how we got here. A school that has been celebrated has turned into nothing to be celebrated. I am urging you to pull your resources together toward rebuilding this school. My appeal to old girls of this school and other Nigerians is: Let’s go back and fix our schools than build new ones.”
He pledged to partner with the association to give a facelift to the school.
Queen’s School Enugu was established on 4 October 1954 by the defunct Government of Eastern Nigeria. The school has produced a lot of professionals who excelled in their various fields of endeavour, including Prof. Ngozi Okwonjo-Iweala.
