January 23, (THEWILL) – In spite of the biting poverty in the country, billionaire industrialist and Chairman/CEO of Louis Carter Group of Companies, Louis Carter Onwugbenu, recently decided to put smiles on the faces of members of his community in Uruagu Nnewi in Anambra State by donating the sum of N21 million to 21 youths. The businessman said he was moved to do this after he found out that some of the youths in the community were unemployed while others were still struggling to make ends meet. He lamented the rising unemployment rate in the country, which has left many graduates without a source of livelihood.
Onwugbenu said the financial grant was aimed at raising new millionaires who will in turn lift others from poverty. He noted that If many people were rich, the burden would not be heavy on one man or a handful of people. This is not the first time Onwugbenu would be carrying out such feat. As a young man, he contributed to the development and building of a multi-million-naira theatre for nursing students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, which led to its accreditation. While urging other billionaires like himself to join in the empowerment drive, he revealed that he already had a convert in the person of businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, who promised to empower more than 50 persons by the end of the year.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
