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Mbaise Patriots donates half a million to Chioma Ajunwa foundation

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The Chioma Ajunwa Foundation recently became the beneficiary of half a million (0.5 million) naira charitable donation from some citizens of Mbaise, Imo State who are mostly based in the United States of America, following an invitation and an appeal from the President/Chief Executive Officer of the Chioma Ajunwa Foundation, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr. Chioma Ajunwa Opara, MON., to Mbaise Policy RoundTable MPR, through their Chairman, Prof Eddie Oparaoji as special guests to support the Foundation in hosting the 25th anniversary of “The Atlanta 1996 Olympic Golden Jump of ACP Dr. Ajunwa. Recall that Chioma Ajunwa won an historic, first ever Olympic Gold Medal for Nigeria in the high jump at Atlanta in 1996, and by that feat became one of the greatest female sports personalities in Africa.

Dr Chioma Ajunwa who is a proud daughter of Mbaise, Imo State, and a member of MPR, called on all brothers and sisters in the diaspora through the MPR chairman Professor Eddie Oparaoji, to be part of the launching of her project on October 8, 2021.

Responding to the invitation Professor Oparaoji on behalf of MPR extolled the accomplished African sport personality ACP (Dr) Chioma Ajunwa Opara, for the honor and glory she brought for Nigeria and prayed that God should continue to favor her. Prof Oparaoji assured Chioma Ajunwa Foundation that MPR will definitely collaborate and support her project. The MPR chairmen congratulated Chioma Ajunwa and her Foundation for making Mbaise proud.

Subsequent outreach by Professor Oparaoji to a few members of the Mbaise community in the USA and Nigeria, including Dr. Maurice Ugwuibe, Professor Viola Onwuliri, Mr Casca Ohanele, Chief Hector Chilaka, and Herve Onuoha facilitated the raising of 0.5 million Naira donated in support of the Chioma Ajunwa Foundation.

 

Dr Oparaorji

 

Putting Chioma Ajunwa in perspective, it will be recalled that she was a star athlete, who initially played football (soccer) for the Nigerian women’s team but then made a transition into athletics. She then rocketed her athletic prowess into the African and then Olympic championship levels. The giant strides of the great athlete unlike her peers in other sports climes seemed to have been taken for granted until His Excellency Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State redeemed the State’s 1996 pledge to hand her a 3 bedroom home, in Lagos State.

 

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Following the gesture of the Lagos State government, the former Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Minister of State Education and former Imo State commissioner for Education, Professor Vola Onwuliri C D also commended the excellence and resilience of Dr Ajunwa noting that, “ without minimal government support Chioma has demonstrated that hard work and taking your destiny in your hands is a winning combination. She is a role model for who she is and what she does for the development of our youths. She has an enviable profile that must be leveraged by any well-meaning communities in the world particularly Mbaise and indeed Imo State.”

In another development, Dr Ajunwa a seasoned law enforcement agent as well as sports enthusiast, will be availing her vast experiences in law and order and youth development, as guest speaker, alongside former Governor of Imo State His Excellency Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha and other powerful speakers at a major conference in Mbaise, on January 2, 2022. The theme of the conference is “Agriculture- a Strategic Pathway to Youth Empowerment and Mitigation of Insecurity in Rural Communities- the Case of Mbaise Nation”. T

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