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Abia First Lady Gives Out Scholarship.

Vanguard (Nigeria)

| June 18, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2008 AllAfrica Global Media. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Anayo Okoli

TOUCHED by the plight of an orphan and a member of Abia State Children Parliament, Master Bernard Hope, wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs. Mercy Orji, has awarded automatic scholarship up to university level to him, saying her gesture was to save the boy's bright future.

Mrs. Orji said she took the decision because she saw pains written all over the young boy.

Master Hope, who hails from Orlu in Imo State, lost his parents and was being fostered by an uncle. He lived with them in Umuahia, Abia State capital, but tragedy befell him when the uncle lost his job which forced him to relocate to Lagos. His wife was said to have maltreated …

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