Punuka Foundation extols virtues of Idigbe

The Punuka foundation has extolled the virtues of its founder, the late Justice Chukwunweike Idigbe, and its Managing Partner (MP), Mrs. Elizabeth Idigbe.

The foundation had the event in a two day charity festivities it organised to celebrate the life and times of the late jurist and the MP.

Mrs. Idigbe, who is known for her unflinching support to the less privileged through her personal effort and work in Punuka Foundation over the years, is usually celebrated on her birthday (February 14) yearly.

However, this year’s celebration was widened because the law firm was marking the 100th posthumous birthday of its founding partner.

The charity event was held simultaneously in Lagos, Abuja and Asaba. Punuka staff and management visited disabled children homes, schools and orphanages to present them gift items such as food stuffs, garri, rice, bean and over 100 tubers of yams, several gallons of vegetable oils, cartoons of indomie noodles, several cartons of biscuits and capri sonne fruit juice.

Other items donated include smart television sets, generators, standing gas cookers with cylinders, air conditioners, fans, garden grass cutting generators and medical supplies such as sanitary pads for children and adults, medicated soaps etc.

Speaking at a presentation of some of these items at the national orthopaedic special school Igbobi, a partner in the firm Mr. Nnamdi Oragwu, said the foundation, staff and management of Punuka Attorneys are committed to helping the school and other similar institutions as much as they can.

He promised to deliver all messages of good will and love to Mrs. Idigbe and the management of the firm.

Some of the institutions visited include Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care and Treatment home school in Akoka, Yaba; the national orthopaedic special school Igbobi; Ozannaha house in Agidingbi; Ereko Methodist Primary School Onikan; St. John Special Roman Catholic School Ayeteju; Ibeju lekki and Friends of Jesus Orphanage in Badore, Ajah. all in Lagos.