A former governor of Imo state and Senator representing the Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, has pledged to establish a school in the  border town of Ogun State  for the underprivileged.

Okorocha said this shortly after he was offered the chieftaincy title of Otunba Asoludero of Iselu Kingdom by the Eselu of Iseluland,  Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state.

Okorocha, who accepted the chieftaincy title, said he would reciprocate the gesture by making sure that his 25-year-old foundation to become functional in Ogun State.

He said, “I am happy and grateful for this honour. I will ensure that I do something through my foundation.

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“Kabiyesi wants me to establish a school and launch my foundation in the kingdom; that I will do.”

Oba  Akinyemi  said the formal ceremony for the conferment of the chieftaincy title would soon hold.

He said the recipient of the title had over the years exemplified a track record of unifying people of different tribes  across the country through  philanthropic gestures.

“We hold Senator Rochas Okorocha in high esteem for what he recorded in Imo State as a former governor. His Rochas Okorocha Foundation has offered no fewer than 25,000 underprivileged and orphans free scholarship from primary school to university education.”