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Friday, January 17, 2020 08.50AM / UBA Group / Header Image Credit: @UBAGroup
Chairman
of UBA Group, Tony O. Elumelu, has made the donation of a multipurpose
information technology centre to his alma mater, Ambrose Ali University.
Through
the UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank
for Africa Plc (UBA), Elumelu has championed the construction of a
state-of-the-art multipurpose information technology building, which will
benefit the students of Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo State. The
hall, to be named The Tony O. Elumelu multipurpose hall, is furnished with
computers, desks and chairs, measures 839 square meters and has adjoining
offices and conveniences.
Elumelu
highlighted his motivation: "Education is crucial to Nigeria's human capital - whether our young people join our national institutions, the private sector or,
as I did, take the entrepreneurial path, no one can afford to be cut off from
the digital world. It has been a personal mission to ensure that the hall was
delivered to specification, for the benefit of the students at the AAU. Success
brings with it the duty to give back, and I am just grateful that I am now in a
position to meaningfully help the next generation".
The
multipurpose hall was formally handed over to the University, at a ceremony
attended by members of the University's governing council and staff, led by Vice-Chancellor,
Prof Ignatius Onimawo.
Speaking
at the commissioning, UBA's Directorate Head, South Bank, Mr. Chris Ofikulu,
who represented the UBA Group Chairman, highlighted the contribution of UBA,
through its Foundation, to education and development across Africa.
'As
a pan-African bank, operating in 20 countries across our continent, UBA is
committed to being a socially responsible institution, and a role model for
businesses in Africa. The UBA Foundation actively promotes the socio-economic
improvement of the communities in which UBA operates, with a particular
emphasis on development in the areas of "Education, Environment, and Economic
Empowerment". We believe in intervening and building capacity within
communities, facilitating projects that will act as catalysts for social and
economic development' he stated.
"Tony
Elumelu is a product of this great university and is conscious of the need to
give back and there is no substitute for world class educational
infrastructure, and this is what has informed the construction of these
facilities, that will help equip the future leaders of our great nation
Nigeria." he said.
The
AAU Vice Chancellor, Prof Ignatius Onimawo, who expressed his heartfelt
gratitude towards the gesture by the UBA Group Chairman, noted that one of the
most pressing needs of the University for 2020 had been met, and thanked UBA
and Mr Elumelu.
He
challenged students to make proper use of the facilities provided by UBA, and
to ensure that they emerge great leaders and mentors like Elumelu, whose
commitment to catalysing entrepreneurial growth across Africa, through the Tony
Elumelu Foundation, and institutionalising African philanthropy, had created a
strongly positive role model. 'We at Ambrose Ali University are so proud of our
son Tony Elumelu and every time we see him doing good across Africa, we feel
joy and accomplishment' said Onimawo.
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