Theme: Creating Opportunities through Industry and Community Integration

The 3rd Practical Nigerian Content Exhibition, with the Theme “Creating Opportunities Through Industry and Community Integration” was held at the Banquet Hall, Government House Yenagoa, Bayelsa State from the 19th – 20th November 2013, and had Kaztec Engineering Limited as an active participant.

By 1996 estimation, Andrew Carnegie was reputedly worth $189.6 billion dollars. That bulk was as well estimated to be the second largest fortune ever acquired by anyone. But he reasoned that if he died that wealthy, he would have died a disgraced man. It was why he gave away a third of that wealth ahead of his death. Think of Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Foundation, and you’ll think of a man with outliving legacies. His thoughts on giving was perhaps fancied by latter-day super-rich, namely Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Ted Turner, Mike Bloomberg and Warren Buffet, who are all committing fifty percent of their wealth to charity.

End Polio Now is featuring a story regarding the efforts of Sir Emeka Offor to help eradicate polio once and for all. Sir Emeka Offor is the Executive Chairman of The Chrome Group. See the article, “Nigerian Businessman Donates $1 Million to Polio Eradication,” or scroll down.

Nigerian Businessman Donates $1 Million to Polio Eradication

At the Rotary International Convention in Lisbon, Nigerian business leader and philanthropist Sir Emeka Offor announced a $1 million gift to Rotary’s PolioPlus program. This contribution will provide funding and support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in the continued fight to eradicate polio.