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Sir Offor donates N100m endowment for development of UNN

A renowed international philanthropist, Sir Emeka Offor, on Saturday donated N100m endowment fund for the development of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). Offor, who is the Executive Chairman of Chrome Group of Companies, made the donation shortly after he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Business Administration (Honoris Causa) during the 52nd Convocation of UNN in Nsukka. Offor, who was represented by Chief Steve Ahaneku, said that the Vice Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, would be called later to discuss mode of disbursement of the money and the area of development the money would used in the university. He said that his foundation -Sir Emeka Offor Foundation - had been in the fore-front of educational, health and youth empowerment, adding that UNN had been a great beneficiary of his foundation with Books for Africa to the tune of multi-million worth of books in various disciplines. According to him, the foundation and Books for Africa have donated books worth $30 mill