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| MR. SHOLA AGBOOLA |
SAGA
Foundation, an initiative aimed at eradicating poverty in Nigeria and
African communities was launched on Tuesday, June 23, in Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria,
The foundation which was founded
during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic was set up with the mission to
overcome poverty in Nigeria and African Communities. It aims to promote
access to quality education and fight for social and economic justice
for a more prosperous society.
SAGA foundation
came to be after the appointment of Shola Agboola as a Goodwill
Ambassador by Five Points Youths Foundation in the United States and
subsequent recommendation to the United Nations Global Compact Network.
SAGA Foundation was officially granted the permission to inaugurate it's
UNGC team in Nigeria and began work with immediate effect.
The
foundation is committed to a strategic alliance and collaboration with
the Edfu Foundation, Five Points Youths Foundation, RTN TV and
Revelations Network in the United States of America and WHOPE
organization for researching, identifying, establishing, monitoring and
managing local, regional, national and international socio-economic
development projects for the betterment of humankind.
Speaking
during the launching, Agboola said: “We are dedicated to expanding,
stabilizing, and operationalizing the United Nations Global Compact
Local Network Infrastructure to “glocalize” Agendas 2063 and 2030 during
the United Nations Decade of Action on the SDGs.”
At
the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria, Agboola, in April, took
it on himself to distribute COVID-9 relief supplies to widows, mothers,
children, the disabled, and needy in communities around Osun state.
