On 17 August 2023, the World Owerri Peoples Congress Incorporated put huge smiles on the faces of 20 indigenous Owerri students studying in Institutions of Higher Learning.
In keeping with its reinvigorated focus on the direct mission of grassroots development and capacity building through its Annual Tuition Assistance Grant Program WOPC executed the award of ₦100,000 each, to the 20 Owerri students in various tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The grant was presented to the students on 17 August 2023, and executed through Fidelity Bank PLC, Owerri Branch.
A total of 27 applications were received out of the target of 47. This was following the publication in three local newspapers in Owerri, and two months of sustained social media advertising in platforms of WOPC and affiliate organizations.
Five applicants were dropped during follow-up interviews, being resident non-indigenes of Owerri, while two candidates were dropped for having no proof of College admission.
Applicants and awardees’ local communities include
Awaka, Emekuku, Ihiagwa, Irete, Nekeke, Obinze, Owerri Municipal, Obibiezena, Okolochi.
The WOPC expressed its profound gratitude to all its donors, especially patrons and members that pledged and / or donated to this cause.
The immediate past President of WOPC, Uzoma Iheanacho, PhD, assured that the Congress will continue the fine-tunning of the process with lessons learned for program improvement.
Dr. Iheanacho, also, asked members to fully support the new Executive, elected in July 2023, through their participation in “Operation JOM” – Just One New Member, and emphasised:
“Together, we can achieve so much!”
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