By DAYO ADESULU

IN the quest to mark Foundation for Effective Leadership and Development’s, FELD, three years of touching lives of students and community, 18 indigent Students from various communities in Aniocha South LGA were awarded scholarship to study up to tertiary level. Records revealed that about 11,374 have benefited from FELD scholarship and payment of direct school fees in the past three years.

At the event, excited students, parents, guardians, youths, men and women of different wals of life trooped out en masse to thank   Hon. Paul Adingwupu, Chairman of the foundation for his vision in the past three years of improving lives of people and helping them find a place back in society as good citizens.

Since inception, says Adingwupu, the foundation has empowered over 23,000 Nigerians irrespective of tribe or creed, with well over N500 million spent so far, for empowerment of the needy in the society and advocacy for good leadership.

The colourful event which was held at the Onihe Primary School compound, Ogwashi-Uku, witnessed a large turnout of people including the cream of traditional rulers in Anioma, beneficiaries of the various empowerment programmes, government officials, and members of the foundation from different communities in Aniocha South among others.

Accordingly, many students in Secondary Schools and Tertiary Institutions all over Nigeria have continued to benefit from FELD’s educational support programmes, and a lot more are benefiting from its economic empowerment projects which has helped to improve the living condition of people at the grass-roots.

The Foundation for Effective Leadership and Development [FELD], a nongovernmental organization was set up to help alleviate poverty and build capacity for change among the teeming populace in rural communities and urban societies in Nigeria. It marked the recently anniversary recentlywith a pledge to press on with its mission.

The Chairman of the foundation, Hon. Paul Adingwupu, told the gathering that he is fulfilled knowing that he has through the foundation touched lives,   helped restore hope, with thousands of dreams across the country fulfilled. He said that FELD is a response to a divine mandate from God, and for the past three years, the foundation has been in the forefront on human capacity building and providing succor to those in need.

Adingwupu, said “the path we are trending is Making a Difference. Despite the hurdles, and limitations, we are taking our destinies in our hands with the vigor of unanimity; we will tear down the trashed roofs of deprivation and mend the broken walls of good governance in Nigeria. I’m determined to carry on with this work and help members of the society improve their livelihoods and build a better society.”

Similarly, Chairman, Organising Committee, Mr. Emma Ashinze, earlier in his opening remarks stated that FELD’s social re-engineering has impacted tremendously on peoples’ lives and communities.   “With the help of God, FELD has been able to provide supports and opportunities for majority of people to live above poverty line. We have been able to achieve these, through our various activities which includes youth development, empowerment of people at the grassroots, resuscitating moribund industries, employment opportunities, financing and Refinancing both old and new businesses, payment of hospital bills, payment school fees for indigent students and scholarship scheme among others.”