Not a memorial. An institution.
A memorial records that someone lived. This foundation exists to demonstrate that what he lived for is still being carried forward.
He was, above everything else, a builder of people. As a teacher he built minds. As a headmaster he built students and institutions. As a pastor he built believers. As a writer he filled manuscripts that remain unpublished. As a father and grandfather he built a family that has now outlived him.
That gives the organisation a working theory of change, and it is the sentence the whole foundation rests on:
When you build people, they build families. Strong families build communities. Strong communities build generations.
Where this actually stands
The foundation was formed in 2026, following his passing in August of that year. It is at the beginning, not the middle.
Two of the five programmes are running. Registration is in progress. The board is being formed. The archive holds almost nothing yet, because digitising a life takes longer than building a website.
We would rather you knew that before you gave your money or your time. The alternative — a site that reads as though the institution already exists — would be a poor way to honour a man remembered for insisting on honesty.
How we intend to work
Say the true thing
Including when it is inconvenient. If a programme is not running, this site says so. If a gift is not tax-receiptable, we say that before you give, not after.
Build people, not monuments
Every pound and naira should end up in a person — a student, a teacher, a mentee — rather than in commemoration of the man himself.
Depth before breadth
Five programmes run properly beat twenty announced. Growth follows capacity, not ambition.
With, not for
Community projects are chosen in consultation with the communities they serve. He never assumed he knew better than the people in front of him.
Governance and transparency
Credibility is earned by disclosure, not assertion. Below is every governance commitment the foundation has made, with its real status. Nothing here is marked complete until it is.
Legal registration
In progressIncorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission is underway. The registration number will be published here and in the footer once issued.
Board of trustees
Being formedNames, roles and any conflicts of interest will be published in full. Family membership of the board will be stated rather than obscured.
Constitution and bylaws
Not yet draftedA plain-language summary will sit alongside the full document.
Child safeguarding policy
Required before placementMust be approved by qualified counsel. No volunteer works with a child until it exists and checks are complete.
Privacy policy
Required before launchMust address the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and the cross-border transfer of contributor data from Canada, the US and the UK.
Donation policy
Required before first giftIncluding a plain statement that gifts from outside Nigeria are not tax-receiptable, and why.
Publishing his manuscripts
Being cataloguedHe left a body of unpublished writing. The foundation is gathering and cataloguing the manuscripts; preparing them for publication through the Legacy Archive is a standing commitment, done at the pace careful editing requires.
Annual report and accounts
From first full yearIncome, programme expenditure and administrative ratio, in naira with major-currency equivalents.
Independent audit
As the organisation maturesIntroduced once annual income justifies the cost. Until then, accounts are published unaudited and labelled as such.
Where the money goes
Gifts are designated to one of six funds, and the foundation reports against them. Administrative cost is kept low by design: for now the work is done by family and volunteers, not salaried staff. When that changes, the ratio will be published rather than absorbed quietly.
Questions before you commit?
Ask them. A foundation that cannot answer plainly at this stage would not deserve your money or your time.