Comrade Ini Ememobong, the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, has tasked wealthy people and corporate institutions with making sure that no clever person has to struggle with school expenses while pursuing their academic programmes.
He has stated his view that if society uses these minds by fostering these pupils' success, more money will be made and the nation will be better off as a result.
The Commissioner, who was meeting the kids for the first time, stated that he did not need to personally know them in order to see them through their academic careers at a meeting with some Ini Ememobong Foundation Scholarship Scheme final year students on Tuesday in Uyo.
He, therefore, encouraged the students, some of whom were comfortably positioned to graduate with first class even from medicine and other key departments, to also reach out and help others when they become great
“No intelligent person should be struggling with school fees. If our society harnesses the kind of brain you have, we can create more money that is greater than your fee. I have never met any of you before. There are people we have seen through school that we have never met.
“The key lesson here is that all of you will be great, it is just a matter of time. When you are great, help others. I want to build a Community of people who just help people who deserve to be helped. The challenge we have is that the first class materials come out timid and end up working for the third class due to lack of exposure,” he said.
In a similar event, Mr. Ukeme Ikot, a student graduating from the Akwa Ibom State University with a final CGPA of 4.90 in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, has been given a scholarship by the Ini Ememobong Foundation to study for a master's degree at any Ivy League university in the globe.
The Foundation will prefer that the talented graduate apply for admission to Ivy League schools like Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Stanford University, among others, as the Foundation, in a statement made on behalf of the Foundation at the Send-forth Ceremony for Graduating Students from the Campus Church of Christ, Akwa Ibom State University by Obio Akpa, said.
The Foundation said it will also undertake payment of fees for all students in the campus Church of Christ, Obio Akpa who maintain a CGPA of 4.50 throughout the duration of their study at the University.
“As a person, I have always believed in the potency of education to help society change her collective standards of living and fortunes. At the Ini Ememobong Foundation where I am privileged to serve as Chairman, one of our driving philosophies is to use the potent tool of education to push people to become active drivers and contributors to the task of providing solutions to society’s most pressing challenges,” he said.