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A subsidiary of OCP Group, OCP Africa, has donated N10 million to the Brightest University Fund.
The company announced N100m crowdfunding campaign for the top 81 high school students studying agricultural science in Nigeria.
A statement issued on Sunday by the company noted that the fund would be disbursed transparently, to provide scholarship opportunities to the best 81 brightest students who emerged from the large pool of participants in the just-concluded national qualifying examination.
The OCP Africa Nigeria Country Manager, Oluwatoba Asana, stated that one of OCP Africa’s missions was to support and promote the study and practice of agriculture in Nigeria.
”By investing in education, OCP Africa aims to equip young Africans with the knowledge and skills needed to address pressing agricultural and environmental challenges.”Asana noted
The Executive Producer, of Brightest National Agric Science Quiz Contest and Group Managing Director of DM Holdings Limited, Oladapo Ojo, while appreciating the gesture OCP ,stated that the N10m donation was a confirmation of OCP Africa’s commitment to education and youth empowerment in Africa.
“This will go a long way in setting the ball rolling for the first educational crowdfunded initiative in Africa designed to create life-changing opportunities for young, aspiring agriculturists, scientists, researchers, and inventors,” Ojo stated
