The Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray Bruce has
fulfilled his pledge of paying the fees of one of his followers on
micro-blogging site, Twitter, Oguara Ebikemo Samuel Frank with the Twitter
handle @depomighty, thus saving the young man from dropping out from school.
It will be recalled that the follower of Ben Murray Bruce,
had appealed to him to help pay his school fees otherwise he would have to drop
out if school.
The senator had promised to pay the school fees and the
young man has confirmed that his school fees as well as a generous pocket money
allowance has been paid by the commonsense advocate senator.
Ben Bruce is known for his generosity and is the founder of
Ben Bruce Foundation, which among other things cater for survivors of rape and
abuse; pay fees of less-privileged children and also provide start-up capital
for their parents.
Earlier this year, he pledged to donate part of his
wardrobe allowance as a senator to the unpaid workers in Osun State.
However, his gesture attracted condemnation from the Rauf Aregbesola led
government of the state, which urged Ben Bruce elected on the platform of
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to stay clear of the All Progressives Congress,
APC-controlled state.
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