8th June, 2019
“I would like to express my gratitude to the wonderful and generous OCI Foundation. Your generosity is allowing me to make my goals and dream a reality by making me one of the recipients of 2019 Cyfed Undergraduate Scholarship. You have lightened my financial burden, and this allows me to focus more on the most important aspect of school, learning. On behalf of my family and myself, I pour out my humble thanks, and say, “thank you again to Dr Onyebuchi Chris (the OCI Founder) and others that made it possible for me”. For this wonderful act of kindness, you have my deepest gratitude. I hope one day, I will be able to help students achieve their goals, just as you have helped me”.
Prosper Chinonso MMADUBUKO (Male)
Education Biology, Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, Nigeria (Affiliated to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria)
Cyfed Scholar, 2019 (Also a “2017 IFOMSSA Senior Scholar”)
9th June, 2019
“My Special thanks goes to the almighty God, and also to the OCI Foundation’s Founder (Dr Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora) for the great opportunity to be selected as a recipient of the Cyfed Scholarship. I also thank every single member of this great Foundation. I feel so blessed and honoured to be one of the recent Cyfed Scholars. By awarding me the Cyfed Scholarship, you have lightened my financial burden. Your generosity has inspired me to help others and give back to the community. I hope that one day, I will be able to help students achieve their goals and dreams, just as you have helped me. Thanks to the OCI Foundation, and God bless”.
Naomi Celestina OFORJAMA (Female)
Science Laboratory Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Oko,
Anambra State, Nigeria.
Cyfed Scholar, 2019
9th June, 2019
“With sentiment of deep affection, and with a heart full of joy for an unmerited favour, I thank God for the OCI Foundation, for giving me the hope and courage to further my Education. I say a very big ‘thank you’ to the Founder, Dr. Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora, for his kind gesture towards the scholars. The OCI Foundation is indeed a very big blessing to the nation as a whole. I therefore pledge to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the Foundation, and endeavour to reach the standard excepted of the scholars”.
Chidimma Esther ILOBI (Female)
Science laboratory technology, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state, Nigeria.
Cyfed Scholar, 2019
8th June, 2019
“Just like the Biblical rod of Moses saved the Israelites from utter destruction, the OCI Foundation is a saviour for me and other students who received this scholarship. The Foundation’s quest to enhance learning through this financial grant exposes their boundless love for humanity. And I am very grateful to be in their care”.
Victor Chinonso OFORKA (Male)
Industrial Chemistry, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria
Cyfed Scholar, 2019 (Also a “2017 IFOMSSA Senior Scholar”)
1st August, 2018
“This is a great program, I must say. I cannot express how thankful I am to have been chosen as a scholarship recipient. My education has always been of upmost importance to me, and to be rewarded in this way is very humbling. This scholarship is an absolute answer to prayers, as life does not always go as we plan. I know that the Lord always has things in his control, and I believe he used you all to bless me in a time of need. I will forever be grateful for this gift, and I cannot thank you enough for that. Jeremiah 29:11 says it best”.
Kingdom Alexander OKAFOR (Male)
Computer Engineering, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria.
Cyfed Scholar, 2018
19th June, 2017
“I must say that this (Cyfed Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme) is a very wonderful platform as it will go a long way to ensure equal rights to education for all.Words cannot just explain how happy and lifted I feel to be one of the latest Cyfed Scholars. I am extremely elated to be a beneficiary of this honourable scholarship scheme. I really thank God for this wonderful opportunity and in a very special way, I thank the OCI Foundation and every single member of this great Foundation. My sincere prayers for this Foundation is that, as they have set out to lift the indigent masses and give them the opportunities to see the four-walls of universities, they too will never stop rising. They will rise to even greater heights that they have ever imagined. Amen”. (19th June 2017)
Kelvin Kosiso AMAKOM (Male)
Electrical Electronics Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria
Cyfed Scholar, 2017
15th June, 2017
“Joy flows through my body system like blood and I thank God for this scholarship. The OCI Foundation has given me hope towards my good dreams and aspirations in life. I thank the Founder (Dr Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora) for the great insight and pray for God’s blessing on his family. I also thank the administrative board (of the OCI Foundation) both in Nigeria and in Australia for their time and collective critical reasoning analysis on the scholarship applicants, and thinking it wise to list me among the Cyfed Scholars. I promise to promote and protect the good principles of the Foundation, aimed at becoming a good member of the society at large. Thanks to the OCI Foundation, and God bless”.
Lazarus Ogechukwu AKWAEZE
B.A. Philosophy and Religion, St. Alberts Institute for Higher Education, Kaduna, Nigeria (Affiliated to the University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria)
Cyfed Scholar, 2017
16th June, 2017
“I am sincerely honoured to have been selected as a recipient of OCI Foundation. Of a truth am speechless, and do not really know how to express the joy and happiness that filled my heart. All thanks to the foundation for giving me the opportunity and hope of drawing closer to my dream of becoming a computer engineer. The Foundation is a blessing to me. I promise to protect and respect the guiding principles of the Foundation and also become a well disciplined and hardworking scholar, to help promote the foundation and make them proud. And, as the Foundation rises by lifting others, so shall God almighty lift the Foundation up. God bless Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora”.
Victoria Oluchukwu OKONKWO (Female)
Computer Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria
Cyfed Scholar, 2017
17th June 2017
“The OCI Foundation’s Cyfed Undergraduate Scholarships is a noble programme that helps scholars achieve their academic potentials. I am so glad that I made it and became a recipient of the award, and I promise to put more effort in my academic performances. All thanks to Dr. Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora, the Founder. My prayer is that God Almighty will continue to give the OCI foundation and the Founder more grace to do more exploits. Amen”.
Michael Chinedu UDENZE (Male)
Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria
Cyfed Scholar, 2017
3rd August, 2018
“The OCI Foundation has made an indelible mark in my life. I was awarded for my tenacity despite the fact that I wasn’t eligible for the scholarship. This really says something spectacular about this foundation, whose good works are not restricted to the selected, but to all. God bless the OCI foundation and its team members”.
Nebechi Grace Ezennaya (Female)
Applied Microbiology and Brewing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Cyfed Scholarship Applicant 2018 (one-off recipient)
2nd August, 2018
“The OCl Foundation’s scholarship helped ease the financial pressure I had at school, and allowed me to place all my focus on becoming the best student I can be. Thank you (Dr Chris Ifediora) for your financial support, which is very much appreciated. I know that it will not be wasted. I will work hard to make sure that you feel that you have made a wise decision in selecting me. Thank you, the OCI Foundation, for the scholarship”.
Bernard Okafor (Male), Soil Science
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Cyfed Scholarship Applicant 2018 (one-off recipient)