This seems to be the season of voluntary donations. Barely two weeks after Dr Philip Ozuah, an alumnus of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan donated the sum of $1,000,000 to the new hostel building fund for the College of Medicine, wealthy businessman and group chairman, Chisco Group of Companies, Chief Chidi Anyaegbu, has donated the sum of N100 million to Nnamdi Azikiwe University for the study of auto-mechanics and property management training. The donation is geared towards providing machines, equipment and modern technological innovations in the automobile industry to facilitate training for young Nigerians as well as Property Management.
While accepting the donation, the Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Prof Charles Esimone, described the gesture as phenomenal to the development of the youth population, calling on notable individuals to emulate Anyaegbu by investing in our youths to help them be meaningfully employed.
Anyaegbu who holds the chieftaincy title, Okeiyi Amichi, in 2012, built and handed over to the institution, a magnificent structure worth N78 million for the Chisco Institute of Transportation and Logistics Studies and he has for the past 10 years provided funds for continued training of young Nigerians in the transport and logistics industry. But this year, he decided to take the bar higher by providing the humongous amount, N100 miilion, which has since been paid into the school’s account to ensure further training, with the addition of training on property management and real estate development.
A renowned philanthropist, Anyaegbu considers this to be his little way of giving back to the society, especially through education, as he had no opportunity to get to the highest level of education himself. He believes that the training will help a lot of young Nigerians especially indigenes of Anambra State who are interested in acquiring skills and make a living for themselves by getting the right training and empowerment in the transport and logistics studies, as well as building/property management etc. He has however attended several short management and entrepreneurial courses in France, USA, Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Anyaegbu was conferred with a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (Honoris Causa) by Penn State University, USA in 1996. He is a Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (International) London and possesses the Business Certificate Award by University of Houston USA. A Member of the Federal Republic (MFR), Anyaegbu, started out with spare parts business in 1978 with the sum of N120 which he got from his uncle after his apprenticeship. He would later expand his business concern to include transport and logistics services via Chisco Transport has since diversified into real estate development, oil and gas, aviation, education, imports and exports etc. He sits on the board of several companies both in and outside the country.
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