The Nigerian Breweries – Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund was established in 1994 by Nigerian Breweries Plc to advance education in Nigeria. Originally founded as the Nigerian Breweries Education Trust Fund, the Trust Fund reflects the company’s long-standing commitment to strengthening access to quality education as a catalyst for national development.
For over thirty (30) years, the Trust Fund has invested in initiatives that empower students, educators, and learning communities across the country. Guided by the belief that education remains one of the most powerful tools for sustainable development, the ETF continues to create opportunities that enable individuals and institutions to thrive and contribute meaningfully to society.
The Nigerian Breweries Education Trust Fund was established with a seed capital of ₦100 million representing a bold commitment to education as a driver of national development. This wasn’t a one-time gesture. It was the foundation for 30 years of sustained, strategic investment in Nigeria’s educational future.
The Fund was renamed “The Nigerian Breweries – Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund” in honor of Elder Felix Ohiwerei, a visionary leader whose passion for education, leadership, and community development continues to inspire our mission and values. This renaming wasn’t ceremonial—it was a commitment to carry forward his legacy of transforming lives through education.
The Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition was launched, aligning our efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education). This flagship initiative would go on to become the face of the Fund’s commitment to recognizing and elevating teaching excellence. We believed then—and know now—that when you celebrate teachers, you transform systems.
Over 30 years of strategic deployment and reinvestment have enabled us to compound our impact. ₦100 million in 1994 continues to generate resources for education today. 2,411 teachers have been recognized. 429 classrooms have been built. 74+ communities have been transformed. This is what sustained, disciplined investment looks like.
We identify and celebrate teachers and educators who demonstrate outstanding commitment to educational quality and innovation. Recognition creates ripple effects, inspiring entire systems of educators to elevate their practice.
Quality education requires quality facilities. We invest in classrooms, laboratories, and libraries that create conducive learning environments where students can thrive.
We support capacity building, career guidance, and research initiatives that strengthen teaching and learning across Nigeria’s educational ecosystem.
- To support education activities through, but not limited to, the endowment of a number of professorial chairs with Nigerian universities or any other institution of learning in Nigeria.
- To give grants and bursaries to Nigerians to undertake postgraduate studies in Nigeria or abroad.
- To fund visits and lectures within Nigerian educational institutions by overseas resident educationists.
- To donate books, equipment, and any other materials necessary and relevant to the advancement of education in Nigeria.
- To promote educational pursuits through the funding of exchange programmes among Nigerian institutions of learning and their foreign counterparts.
- To fund research into any field of learning which the Board of Trustees may deem fit.
- To encourage academic excellence in Nigerian institutions of learning by instituting awards for distinguished and deserving scholars.
- To build, promote, and/or donate learning infrastructure to beneficiaries selected by the Board of Trustees.
- To cooperate with other bodies with similar objectives for the advancement and upliftment of education in Nigerian institutions of learning.
- To undertake any other activity which, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, is capable of achieving the foregoing objectives of the Trust Fund.