Lad gets scholarship for honesty

Master Tunde Ojo, a secondary school pupil of Akande Dahunsi Memorial High School, has been awarded a N100,000 scholarship by L.I.F.E Initiative, a non-governmental organisation committed to raising and empowering teenagers through motivational talks.

The lad, it would be recalled, returned a missing phone to a foreigner who before then had bad impression about Nigeria. Ojo’s polite refusal to accept any financial reward from the foreigner as a way of appreciation, a culture that is now rampant among youths of nowadays, also left the stranger agape, changing his once negative impression about Nigeria forever.

“It was as a result of this uncommon show of integrity and honesty that L.I.F.E is awarding Tunde with N100,000 a year for four years’university scholarship. L.I.F.E Initiative is raising leaders, the future is now,” said L.I.F.E founder Obafemi George.

“There are not many adults who can do what this boy did. He is a good boy, and should be encouraged,” he added.

George belives the money is the NGO’s modest way of appreciating the gesture of a young boy whose kindness aligns with the vision of ‘L.I.F.E. Initiative.

The NGO’s Proggramme Officer, Cindy Ikpe, said: “At L.I.F.E, we are about raising great leaders. This young man is to be celebrated, and that is what we are doing. We want to encourage others to live and lead like him.”

The Power Teens Success Habits, a motivational book by George was also distributed free to all participants, written by Obafemi George,and foreword  by BRF former governor of Lagos State and can be gotten at Laterna Ventures Oko Awo close V.I, Glendora bookshop at Ikeja City Mall and University of Lagos Book shop.

The last edition of the NGO’s Leading with Impact programme and tagged: “read to lead” took place at Osborne School Complex, Akande, Dahunsi Memorial High School, with 11 other schools in attendance. Participants were drawn from: Akande Dahunsi Memorial Senior High School; Government Senior college Maroko; Ilado Community Senior High School; Wahab Folawiyo Senior High School; and Government Senior College, Ikoyi.

Other were: Ireti Senior Grammar School; Aunty Ayo Girls Comprehensive; Girls Senior Secondary Grammar School; Falomo Senior High School; Government College Victoria Island, Victoria Island Senior Secondary School; and Koramo Senior College.