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Elvis Chukwudi Okonji Foundation (ECOF) Empowers 170 Women, Youths in Delta State

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Tuesday, January 14th, 2020
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Determined to raise the standard of living of Nigerians and improve their businesses, a philanthropist and CEO of GPC Energy and Logistics Ltd, Mr. Elvis Chukwudi Okonji, has empowered about 170 persons financially in Delta State through his Elvis Chukwudi Okonji Foundation (ECOF).

Okonji, a logistics expert, made the presentation at a ceremony to mark the Umu-Olise Ugo Day, an annual cultural event, which held in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area in Delta State.

He said the gesture became necessary following the high rate of unemployment in the society. And this he accomplished through ECOF. “I still recall how I suffered before I got to this position in life”.

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With a quest to reach essentially the widows, youths and mothers in the society, Okonji remarked, “I am not doing this because I have any political ambition or because I am the richest. I have a passion to improve people’s positions in life”.

According to him, he plans to have a meeting with the youths of Achalla and Eziukwu, Ikwelle and Onu-Diokpa with the intention of addressing some weighty issues on ground.

The CEO, meanwhile, sternly kicked against the sale of lands the youths are currently practising, adjudging that their ancestors never took that path even as he beckoned on Anyalobum community to be united.

 Consequently, he saw the need to include the youths in his empowerment scheme. His idea was hinged on the need to have them become business owners. “It is the beginning of good things to come. Utilise this gesture with hard work, and bridge the unemployment gap in our society”.

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