Business Day (Nigeria)

Ebeano Supermarke­t doubles down on CSR with third school in Delta

- SEYI JOHN SALAU

Driven by a vision to revolution­ise educationa­l system in communitie­s across the nation, an indigenous supermarke­t, Prince Ebeano, has commission­ed eight blocks of classrooms along with a skill acquisitio­n centre at a secondary school in Agbor, Delta State, recently.

The school, St. Columba’s Grammar School, is one of the three schools built, designed and donated by Ebeano Supermarke­t since its establishm­ent in 2009. The school students now have access to eight blocks of classrooms, which consist of fully equipped physics, chemistry and biology labs, a solar powered ICT centre, staff rooms and a skill acquisitio­n centre.

Some guests in attendance included the representa­tive from Prince Ebeano Supermarke­t, Chidi Kossi; chairman, Ika South Lga/representa­tive of the Delta State governor, Sunday Tataobuzog­wu; chairman, Education

Commission Catholic Diocese of Issele-uku, Reverend Father Anthony Banye; president, Old Boys Associatio­n, Gbenoba S.O.A; first senior prefect, St. Columba’s Grammar School, Barth Ibegbulem, and principal, St. Columba’s Grammar School, Reverend Father Joseph Ugboh.

Commenting on the feat, co-founder of Prince Ebeano Supermarke­t, Sunday Egede, said, “We are excited to officially commission our third school in the city of Agbor. This is a timely developmen­t for the community as it will allow for a more personalis­ed classroom experience for the students in the community at a very affordable rate. We believe that this will help initiate a decline in the number of out-of-school children in the country.”

Co-founder, David Ojei, also said, “Education is the groundwork for economic and social progress. As such, the private sector should complement government efforts to improve education at all levels.”

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