Lagos authorities commends ex-Eagles star Paul Okoku for charity works | The Guardian Nigeria Information

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The Lagos State authorities has heaped encomiums on the founding father of Better Tomorrow Youngsters Fund (GTCF) Paul Okoku for his philanthropic works within the nation.

Disclosing this in the course of the commissioning of 25 fashionable chairs and 5 giant-sized tables to St. Paul’s Nursery and Main Faculty, Ebute Metta, Training Secretary in Lagos Mainland Native Authorities Training Board, Tajudeen Tijani hailed Paul Okoku for being within the forefront of caring for the wants of much less privileged kids within the state and by extension Nigeria.

Recall that final week, Paul Okoku, a 1984 AFCON silver-medal winner did donate chairs and tables to his former elementary faculty, with the commissioning of the furnishings which price round N800, 000 being carried out by the Training Secretary within the Lagos Mainland Native Authorities Training Board.

Chatting with reporters after the groundbreaking commissioning, Tijani, who recalled the various type gestures that Okoku had benevolently prolonged in the direction of faculty pupils within the native authorities , famous that, ”the affect of Okoku’s philanthropy and generousity will not be doubtful as he has time beyond regulation offered our pupils with sporting equipment, trophies, generator set, computer systems and printers”.

The Training Secretary, who pressured that the most recent donation of chairs and tables will assist pupils to study in a conducive atmosphere’, expressed the appreciation of the Lagos authorities to Okoku.

He mentioned, ”everyone knows Paul Okoku as a result of not solely was he a former footballer, who performed to the best degree on the 1984 Africa Cup of Nations, he has continued to remain related by doing a lot charity works since he stopped taking part in soccer. Okoku is doing one thing that different people and foundations ought to study from to ensure that the way forward for our youngsters to be higher and extra affluent .

“On behalf of the Lagos State authorities, on whose authority I’m right here to fee these stunning chairs, tables and revamped classroom for Nursery pupils, we thank Paul Okoku for extending his finance in the direction of the expansion, training and improvement of our younger ones”.