This is really inspiring! A
black American billionaire, whose name is Mr Robert Smith, is currently
sponsoring the education of 24 rescued Chibok girls at the American University
of Nigeria (AUN), Yola.
Interestingly, the billionaire has also offered to sponsor
the education of the 21 recently rescued Chibok girls, as confirmed in a
statement by Mallam Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media and
publicity to President Buhari.
Speaking to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday,
December 27, 2016, Garba Shehu said:
For now, Garba said the girls were being cared for by the
Nigerian government. "They are being treated as adoptees of the Federal
Government, but there is a lot of local and international interest in the
future plans of the girls,’’ he explained.
Robert Frederick Smith was born on December 1, 1962, he is
an American investor. He is also the founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity
Partners, an investment firm which is currently worth over $26 billion in
assets as of September 2016.
Mr Smith is ranked by Forbes as the 268th richest person in
America, and the second wealthiest African American on the list, the only
person ahead of him, is Oprah Winfrey.
As at September 2016, he has an estimated net worth of $3
billion USD. He is the founding director and president of the Fund II
Foundation.
He is the chairman of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and
serves on the board of overseers of Columbia Business School, as a Member of
the Cornell Engineering College Council.
Garba Shehu revealed this while speaking to State House
correspondents at an interactive meeting to mark the end of 2016, and the achievements of President Buhari for 2016.
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