Okorocha

Rochas College
celebrates founder’s‎ 57th birthday in Kano

Rochas Foundation
College, on Wednesday, in Kano, organised a special ceremony, to celebrate Sen.
Rochas Okorocha’s 57th birthday.

The event which
took place at the school premises along Airport Road, was attended by community
leaders, parents, students, ex-students ‎and other well-wishers.

The Principal of
the school, Mr. Yakubu Haruna,‎ said that the event which included parade,
cultural dances and drama, was organised by the college to rejoice with Sen.
Rochas Okorocha, on his 57th birthday in Kano.

Haruna, who
described Okorocha as a visionary father and beacon ‎of hope, said that parents
and students of the college would forever be greatful to him.

“We are
celebrating this man today, not because he is the richest man in Africa, but
because of his love for the poor, less privileged and the vulnerable in the
society.

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“Since inception, the school had graduated 715 students and currently have
about 615 students in the school,” Haruna said,

He ‎said that the
Rochas Foundation College started with the establishment of RFC Owerri, in
2001.

He said that the
foundation now has ‎colleges in Jos, Ogboko, Ibadan and Kano, with Zaria and
Adamawa commencing operation soon.

According to him,
the colleges operate the Nigerian Basic School curriculum and had maintained a
high quality record of academic excellence, over the years. ‎

Haruna added that
apart from the over 12 subjects choice taught at the colleges, the Foundation
also empowers her students with non-academic skills in sports, music,
communication, tailoring, arts and crafts, am‎ong others.

“Currently,the
Foundation caters for the education of over 20,000 less-privileged children,
with 3,000 of them as graduates and undergraduates, from different universities
across the world.

He said the
Foundation was providing the sponsored students with free tuition, books
uniforms, feeding and medicare.‎

Earlier, the
president of the college Old Student Association, Usman Shehu, thanked the
founder of the school for giving them the opportunity to actualise their
dreams.

He also commended
the efforts of Rochas, for establishing the school ‎solely to educate the
children of the poor.

In his remarks,
the chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Gwale Local Government Area,
Alhaji Umar Yusuf, thanked the founder of the college and urged wealthy
individuals in the state, to emulate Rochas.(NAN)

…. Foundation gives free education to 899 in Plateau state

Okorocha

The Rochas Foundation has extended scholarship to 899 indigent
students in Plateau as fulfillment of the foundation’s vision to make
education accessible to every African child regardless of tribe and
religion.

Mr Ifeoluwa Ayodele, Principal of Rochas Foundation College in Jos,
disclosed this in an event to mark the birthday of the founder of the
foundation, Chief Rochas Okorocha, on Friday.

Newsmen report that the foundation which operates free education,
maintains 12 secondary schools in the six-geopolitical zones of the
country.

Ayodele said the beneficiaries who constituted the current population
of the college were mostly orphans and children from poor backgrounds.

He said the birthday celebration was to appreciate Okorocha who had
so far extended free education to 12 of his colleges in the six
geopolitical zones.

He noted that the former governor of Imo State had
equally impacted the lives of more than 21,000 children in his display
of rare benevolence.

“Rochas has been able to carve a niche in Nigeria by sponsoring 3,000
graduates and undergraduates from different universities across the
world.

“The foundation pays for the Senior School Certificate Examinations
(SSCE), for the students and also the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME),’’ he said.

Ayodele also said the school excelled in the last SSCE where the head
girl broke the record of result by obtaining 6As, 2B2s and one B3, in
the external examination.

He noted that the head girl of the school also secured 291 in her UTME result.