The good people and school students of Delta state
experienced a new dawn as they played a host to The Tonto
Dikeh Foundation Team in Warri, Delta state Nigeria, on the
24th February 2017.
The event which was put together by The Tonto Dikeh
Foundation [TTDF] in collaboration with Cheeno HR, was
done to assist and encourage young students, through their
nation wide project tagged : TTDF BACK TO SCHOOL
PROJECT. The back to school project was conceived with the
idea of assisting the less privileged kids and to help in the
realization of the United Nations sustainable development
goals in the area of education and mass literacy in Nigeria.
The event which pulled all the thick and mighty in the
educational sector in Delta State and recorded massive turn
out of people with the attendance of the Honourable
commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education of Delta
State Hon. [Dr.] Chiedu Ebie , and other distinguished
members of his cabinet, Principals of Public and Private
Schools, Teachers, Students from 11 Local Government
Areas in Delta State, the schools includes: Sedco Secondary
School, College of Commerce Warri, Alegbo Secondary
School, Opete Secondary School, Essi College, Warri, Sunset
Group of School, Ogbe Secondary School, Ugborikoko
Secondary School, and many more were all in attendance
and of course some other prominent personalities.
The Education Commissioner welcomed and applauded
Tonto Dikeh and her team, for their great love and big heart
to help in encouraging the kids and custodians of Delta State
in the area of their education.
The President of the organization, Tonto Dikeh gave glory to
God and thank the good people of Delta State for giving them
the privilege to serve them. She also thanked all partners
especially Access Bank , that partnered with them to help in
opening Savings Account for 200 kids who won Scholarship
by The Tonto Dikeh Foundation and other valuable incentives
given to all the students.
According to the National coordinator of the Tonto Dikeh
foundation , Mr. Bunmi Fagbuyiro unveiled the plans of the
foundation, by pledging the renovation of some schools, free
white board donation, School Uniforms for students and
books. And he concluded that TTDF will continue in other
parts of the country in the coming months, and the next on
their list is Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Follow @t_d_foundation on Instagram & Twitter for every
update and information on the #BackToSchoolProject and
visit www.tontodikehfoundation.com to read more about The
Tonto Dikeh Foundation.
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