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Forbes Reports on Sir Emeka Offor's Efforts to Battle Polio

The following story by Mfonobong Nsehe was published by Forbes on June 26, 2012. To see the original article, click here. Nigerian Millionaire Donates $1 Million To Rotary International Sir Emeka Offor, a wealthy Nigerian oil baron, has donated $1 million toPolioPlus, an international polio eradication programme promoted by Rotary International, Nigeria’s Vanguardnewspaper has reported. Offor, who is the founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Chrome Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests in oil trading, biofuels, dredging and logistics, made the donation on Sunday during the ongoing 2013 RotaryInternational Convention taking place in Lisbon, Portugal. “Polio should have no place in our world. Therefore, today I am giving an additional $1 million to PolioPlus,” he said, during the convention in a video available here. This is not the first time the Nigerian tycoon is donating to Rotary’s PolioPlus initiative, which provides …


Vanguard: Offor donates $1m to Rotary’s polio eradication

The following article by Emeka Aginam was published by Vanguard on June 25, 2013. To see the original article, please click here. Offor donates $1m to Rotary’s polio eradication By Emeka Aginam, in Lisbon, Portugal In his committed effort to join in the total eradication of Polio globally, especially in Nigeria, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Chrome Group, Sir. Emeka Offor yesterday at the ongoing 2013  Rotary International Convention in Lisbon,  Portugal announced additional donation of $1 million to Rotary International. Currently,  Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the countries where the wild polio virus  has never been stopped. In his presentation yesterday during a PolioPlus workshop,   at the convention, he told the gathering that a defining moment for him was when he received confirmation from Rotary that his initial $250,000 contribution to PolioPlus was  used immediately in the campaign …