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Okpeki Foundation Set For Launch In December
The soft launch of a foundation in memory of deceased chartered accountant, football and piano lover, James Minna Okpeki is to take place on 14 December 2023.
The launch is to commemorate his posthumous 88th birthday.
GWG.ng reports that James Minna Okpeki (1935 -2013) had many loves, two of the foremost being people and football. In that respect the James Minna Okpeki Foundation Football Cup (JMOFFC) will be inaugurated on that day to celebrate two of his passions while he lived.
Meanwhile, the foundation has launched an online competition on its Facebook and Instagram pages running through November till 6th December for a slogan for the new foundation.
Ten winners from the competition are expected to share from the N500,000 prize that has been provided. The winners will be announced on 14th December on GWG.ng and its social media handles on Instagram _jmoffc and on Facebook, James Minna Okpeki FFC.
Speaking ahead of the launch, the deceased’s first daughter, Mrs Judith Ufford who is also a member of the board of the foundation said:
“this is a remarkably apt way to remember my father. He was renowned for his generosity, to family, friends and strangers alike. A foundation in his memory that invests in the potential of young people through grassroot football brings together so much that was important and joyful to him.”
Another daughter, Mrs Linda Obiamiwe (nee Okpeki) also spoke in the same direction.
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