An Arizona, US-based medical doctor, Prince Boris Chukwuemeka Oji MD/PhD has donated medical books worth $5200 (7.8 million naira) to the medical library of the Abia State University, ABSU.
According to information, the medical doctor is presently the first black Chief of Medicine/Chairman, Department of Medicine at the BannerDelweb Medical Center, Sun City West, Arizona USA.
He has held that position for the past 7 years at the hospital, listed amongst the top 50 hospitals in the USA.
The hostel facility
Speaking to journalists, Oji revealed that since 2011, he has been donating medical books and journals worth millions of naira to ABSU, which is his alma mater.
He added, “My wife and I donated N65 million while my friends and associates donated added more money, totalling N88 million, which was used to build an N88 million 44-bed post-graduate hostel donated to ABSU. The collaboration was done with friends and members of my NGO ZESPRONET.
One of the donated solar streetlights spread across the university campus, donated by Dr and Mrs Oji
“I also donated N54 million solar street lights and N28 million solar panels to power the ABSU digital library. To date, I am the single highest donor of any kind to Abia State University Uturu.
“By the special grace of God, as I have done in the past 15 years, I was finally able to ship books and medical journals worth approximately $5200 to ABSU medical library.
“This is something I have committed to doing as my contribution towards public education. For me, a country is as good as its public education.
“For my alma mater, the Methodist College Uzuakoli, I, along with some friends, built a monument in 2024.
“It was a N9.2 million naira project for our centennial event
With 9 other friends.
“I just want to put it out to encourage anyone of us to find his niche towards making a difference in our society”, he stated.
