Brewery giant, Source
du Pays SA, have announced that the company though its newly created “Zachary
Nkwo scholarship” scheme will be awarding fully-funded scholarships to some
four journalism students each year beginning from the 2017/2018 academic year.
According to the board of directors of the scholarship program organised in
memory of late journalism icon and commentary baobab, Zachary Nkwo, four
underprivileged students will be sponsored from their first year until
graduation by the scholarship scheme.
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| Amo Khater: Board Chair |
The juicy scheme which
is part of the company’s cooperate social responsibility, it should be noted,
is coming barely two months after the burial of Zachary Nkwo, popularly
referred to as “uncle Zach”.
Speaking during the
presentation of the scholarship program to pressmen on Tuesday 12, September in
Buea, the chairman of the scholarship board who equally doubles as the
Commercial Manager of Source du Pays S.A, Amo Khater, noted that Zachary Nkwo
left a mark in his generation and thus deserves to be honoured.
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| Board members |
While recalling the
good-old days of Uncle Zach’s ultimate commentaries, Amo Khater observed that
the glories brought to the nation because of his commentaries and unique voice
continues to leave on even though he is no more. To him, the scholarship aims
at creating new generation commentators who can take over from where uncle zachs stopped.
Describing him as a
legendary icon and a man of valour worth celebrating, the board chair
emphasised that with Zach’s voice, he brought a lot of glories to Cameroon
distinguishing the nation in Africa.
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| group photo at Zachary Nkwo scholarship press confab |
On what entails to be
eligible for the scholarship which will seeks to fully sponsor two students
from the department of Journalism and Mass Communication, JMC of the University
of Buea and two others from the Advanced School of Mass Communication, ASMAC,
Yaounde, the Secretary of the board, Mabel Yufanyi, started by highlighting
that all beneficiaries must be Cameroonians by nationality.
She added that while it
will be expected of the scholarship beneficiary to be of very good morals and
should never get sanctioned by the university authorities, she announced that a
yearly sum of five hundred and fifty thousand FCFA will be made available to
each needy student yearly for the payment of their university tuition, rents,
books and feeding.
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| Prof Julius Ngoh, board member and brother to late Zachary Nkwo |
With less than six
years of operation, Source du Pays, she added was the sole benefactor and was
determined to ensure that the name of Zachary Nkwo and the glories he brought
Cameroon as a nation and football lovers in particular, should not forgotten.
Equally present at the
ceremony was Professor Julius Ngoh, brother to Zachary Nkwo and adviser to the
board, Walter Wilson Nana, Press relation officer and a battery of print and
audio-visual journalist. Other members of the board include, senior journalist,
Njomo Kevin and Isidore Agah who both occupy the positions of advisers to the board.
Interested applicants have been called upon to contact the board on 670111242 or visit the Facebook page Zachary Nkwo Scholarship or better
still email at zacharynkwoscholarship@gmail.com.
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