Nollywood actor, Williams Uchemba, has announced that he has adopted a young man named Demola, whom he met working as an apprentice in a furniture store and promised to sponsor his university education.
The Abia-native made this known on Thursday when he shared a picture of himself and the 18-year-old, whom he says is determined to study Economics at the university, on Instagram.
“Few days ago I went to a furniture store to make some furniture for my ongoing projects and when they took me to the workshop, I saw this young man Demola who was one of the carpenters but as an apprentice…
“He is 18 years of age, has finished secondary school (with good grades) and would love to study Economics in the University but can’t further his education because he doesn’t have a sponsor to put him through school. So today I decided to adopt Demola not only to sponsor him through school but to mentor him with the knowledge…,” he wrote.
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On May 23, Uchemba revealed that he had bought a house for a young girl and her family who had been living in a slum for 13 years.
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