…As NGO set to disburse N6.54M to indigent children education fee
By Bianca Iboma-Emefu
President of Heal the World Mission/ Founder of Tola Olukilede Ministry International, Ota, Ogun State, Apostle Tola Olukilede has spoken about the need for Nigerians to touch the lives of orphans and less privileged members of the society in order to give them hope and make the society better.
Olukilede disclosed this in a press briefing while presenting half year report on humanitarian deeds of the organization.
The philanthropist whose Ministry has been giving out school life scholarships to children in various orphanage homes, as well as taken care of the aged, for 26 years , across nations of Africa.
He declared that the whole essence of charitable donations was to impact lives and we don’t want Children of the poor withdrawing from schools due to fees hike.
he has done so for over 26 years. Since I established this Ministry, we have an unwavering commitment to education and empowerment for positive transformation.
” We have been giving out school life scholarships to indigent children in orphanage homes. Right now, we have 288 children under our scholarship for the new academic session and we would be paying N6.543,300M for the new academic session of the 2023/2024 first-term school fees this year and will continue paying their second-term school fees in January 2024 and through the session. The report I got is that 25 students under our scholarship, have graduated from secondary school waiting for new opportunities.While 13,of them graduated from higher institution.
“Education is a fundamental right for every child, even in times of crisis. We have been focusing on ensuring uninterrupted education for children. Our organization will set up temporary learning spaces, distributed educational materials, and trained teachers to provide a safe and conducive learning environment for these children.
” The essence of the school life scholarship is to train the children until any of them says he is no longer interested in going to school and I don’t think there is any other organization in the world not even Chevron or other multinational oil companies do what we’re doing. All they do is give out yearly scholarships. He noted that it is important for Nigerians to cultivate the habit of helping those in need so as to give them a sense of belonging.
Olukilede, noted that begging to carry out a charity project, was not good. Announcing his foundation’s intention to disburse six million, five hundred and forty-three thousand, three hundred, naira(N6,543,300) as part of the proposed scholarship payment for indigent children, from basic to tertiary levels, in the 2023/2024 academic session.
He revealed how he would raise the funds, he noted that: I don’t make noise. And I won’t deny I am not wealthy, God has blessed me and I am still working and earning a salary. Explaining to that, ” I am a businessman whom God gave a mission to help the needy, I know, I cannot be helping people, and remain poor. Again, I know it is not normal begging people to contribute to help others.”
The Clergy man has 20 covenant partners who are involved with the Apostle of the Covenant Practice, however, stated that Heal the World Mission & Tola Olukilede Ministries vision for the needy has impacted lives for the past 26 years through various interventions.
His words:” Our commitment to education has borne significant fruit during the 2022/2023 session. We are thrilled to announce a total of 288 deserving students were granted scholarships, exemplifying our unwavering dedication to breaking down barriers to quality education.
” Our financial stewardship has been instrumental in driving change. Ad during the last academic session, our partners pulled N1,915,500, in addition to N5,000,000 donated by the founder.
“So, we are excited to reveal that a proposed scholarship payment of N6,543,300 for the 2023/2024 session, will be used to elevate our impact even further.
“Right now we have 288 and some of them are graduating. So we are going to add students. We are looking at a minimum of 300 children to support. The donation goes as follows: Those in the primary school collect N25,000 annually, by their parents to buy them books and other school materials; as we encourage them to go to public schools. The secondary school students also collect the same thing. However, doing WAEC and JAMB, we pay for them. For the university, we give them N50,000, and we also assist them in terms of payment for their projects.”
The Clergy man, called on affluent Nigerians, to continue to impact their local community, and support the course of his NGO, reiterated that funding and deceptive persons often limit the will of good people to impact lives.
