Sir Emeka Offor Honoured As Africa`s Highest Donor To Rotary Foundation; Donates Another $1 Million For Polio Eradication
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- Published on 26 June 2013
For his outstanding donations to their causes, Sir Emeka Offor, the Founder of Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF), was honoured by Rotary Foundation at a convention which took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from the 22nd to the 26th of June, 2013.
Sir Offor was honoured with a special recognition during the Arch C. Klumph (AKS) dinner for being the highest donor from Africa. AKS is the highest echelon of Rotary Foundation, attained only by those who have donated a minimum of 250,000 USD to its causes. Sir Offor had donated over $1 million USD to the Foundation, which included $250,000 to PolioPlus, its polio eradication campaign.
While delivering a speech during the dinner Sir Offor stunned the hall by announcing yet another donation of $1 million USD for the fight against Polio. Speaking of his motivations, he said, "In Nigeria, many of us have lost friends to polio, but polio should have no place in our world... It is my deepest hope that my financial contribution and work with the Rotary leadership in Nigerians to work together to bring about the final, permanent and irreversible eradication of polio. Together we can make this happen, and we will do so."
