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Nigerian academic, entrepreneur and inventor Prof. Gregory Ibeh has endowed $1 million for the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, IgbereTV reports.
Ibeh will also help facilitate the research via his Abia-based Gregory University Uturu, which announced the move in a statement on January 19.
According to Rosemary Igboekwe, Registrar of Gregory University Uturu,the endowment fund, which will be available to Scientists and Researchers within the bounds of southern Nigeria as grants, will be channelled through Gregory Iyke Foundation, the philanthropic organ of Prof Gregory Ibe.
The move will put Nigeria, which has been heavily reliant on foreign scientific aid, high on the ladder of COVID-19 research globally.
Leaders and stakeholders of Igbo extraction have reacted to the emergence of Professor George Obiozor as the new President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Recall that two different elections, held consecutively on Saturday and Sunday produced Chidi Ibeh and George Obiozor as the President Generals of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
Reacting, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu representing Abia South Senatorial district and former Abia State Governor, congratulated Nigeria’s former Ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Professor George Obiozor, on his election as President General of the highest Igbo body.
Kalu, who is the Senate Majority Chief Whip, stressed that the ex-envoy’s pedigree and goodwill earned him robust support from Ndigbo worldwide.
By Ifeoma Aka
Enugu, Dec. 23, 2020 An Abuja-based real estate developer, Chief Austin Oguejiofor, has called on Igbo investors within and outside Nigeria to imbibe the ‘think-home’ philosophy for the development of the South-East.
The call is contained in Oguejiofor’s keynote address to the World Igbo Congress at Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Abia State, made available to newsmen in Enugu.
He appealed to investors of Igbo origin to invest at home in order to facilitate socio-economic development and employment creation in Igboland.
“Investing at home will help to create employment opportunities for our teeming youths.
He paid glowing tribute to the conveners of the summit and the Chancellor of GUU, Prof. Gregory Ibe, for his legacies, especially with the siting of the university in the southeast.
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The World Igbo Summit was established in 2015, with the aim of bringing together Igbo leaders, elders, great minds, intellectuals, critical stakeholders, business moguls and political leaders yearly to brainstorm on issues bothering the zone, with a view to finding solutions.
The summit’s objective is to foster cohesion among Igbo leaders to ensure effective coordination and responsiveness to the yearnings of Ndigbo.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 6th edition of the summit, which was held recently at Gregory University Uturu, the Director General of World Igbo Summit Group (WISG), Dr. Ifedi Okwenna said, “the summit has become a platform to develop the strategic formula for engagement of each segment of the Nigerian society, to achieve our agenda going forward, based on mutual trust, respect, and shared understanding”.
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