The Rochas Foundation College Zaria, Kaduna State, has said that the college has provided free education to over 600 students to reduce out-of-school children in Nigeria.
The school’s Principal, Rabiat Ibrahim, stated this during the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, organized by the college in Zaria on Saturday.
She said the foundation provides free secondary education to orphans and less-privileged students, adding that apart from the free education, the beneficiaries enjoy one square meal, free books, uniforms, and sandals.
She said the college commenced the 2017/2018 academic session in Zaria with 200 orphans and less-privileged students, and it now has over 700 students.
She added that of the benefitting students, 94 are graduating from the college this year and the foundation had paid for their WAEC and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board examinations.
She, therefore, commended the giant strides of Sen. Rochas Okorocha, the founder of the institution, and appealed for partnerships with other philanthropists to strengthen the initiatives.
One of the beneficiaries, Ms. Hafsat Ibrahim, described the founder of the college as an icon of love and humility; a role model, supporter, giver, and a father with differences.
“Daddy you are a person with a diamond heart, not a gold heart, a heart that shines and makes others shine from it, a heart that can never be broken,’’ she said.
Ibrahim said as beneficiaries of Okorocha’s benevolent gesture, which makes most of their moments extraordinary, they (students) prayed for God to keep and preserve him in joy and endless blessing.
