Millennium Club Marks 25 Years of Service, Celebrates 20 Years of SAMS Program
Kabba, Nigeria – December 2025.
The Millennium Club, founded in the year 2000 by young undergraduates and aspiring students, is marking its Silver Jubilee with pride and humility. Central to the celebration is the Student Assessment and Mentoring Scheme (SAMS), a flagship program that has transformed lives for two decades by supporting brilliant but indigent students in Kabba and beyond.
*From Semester Breaks to Service*
In its formative years, the Club turned semester breaks into productive gatherings. Instead of idling away, members converged in Kabba to organize quiz competitions, debates, and symposia for secondary school students. These intellectual activities defined the Club’s first five years, laying the foundation for its enduring culture of service.
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*Birth of SAMS*
By 2005, as members graduated from university, time became scarce. To sustain its humanitarian mission, the Club launched SAMS. The program began by selecting two SS1 students per school, paying their tuition fees, providing exercise books, and building mentoring relationships. By 2008, SAMS had expanded to six students in each secondary school in Kabba, ensuring that education remained accessible to the brightest minds regardless of financial hardship. This has been maintained for the last 20 years. SAMS 2025 edition was recently concluded with scholarship given to students from St Augustines, St Barnabas, St Monicas, Government Science School, Kakun Community high school, and Local Government Secondary School secondary, Otu egunbe.
*Extending the Reach*
Over time, SAMS grew beyond secondary education. The Club provided emergency scholarships for tertiary students in dire need, preventing dropouts and keeping educational dreams alive. Special cases were also embraced: a visually impaired child received ongoing financial support, while another student was gifted crutches after being spotted struggling during a SAMS presentation. These acts of compassion highlight the Club’s commitment to inclusivity and dignity.
*Impact and Success Stories*
Today, SAMS boasts alumni who have graduated with first-class and strong second-class upper degrees, many of whom are gainfully employed and thriving. For the Millennium Club, these achievements are proof that poverty need not extinguish educational aspirations when collective effort intervenes.
*Honouring Champions of SAMS*
As the Club celebrates 25 years of service and 20 years of SAMS, the club express gratitude to all Millennium Club members who contributed their time, treasure, and talent. Special recognition goes to Mr. Kayode Lewu and Elder Mike Segun Toluhi of Millennium Club hailed as the greatest ambassadors of SAMS for their tireless mentoring and dedication to its beneficiaries, and ensuring the program is executed annually.
Our contact teachers in the 6 schools are worthy of commendation especially Mr Sedemogun of Science school and Mrs Sedemogun of St Augustines because for all these 20years they have been constantly helping us with a thorough selection process that has over the years shown to be unbiased and purely merited by the beneficiaries.
*Celebrating Silver Jubilee in Style*
Exciting activities have been lined up to celebrate Millennium Club Silver Jubilee milestone.
Program Highlights
– December 26th: Launch of the Silver Jubilee edition of Millennium Club Annual Wecare Welfare for the Aged, reaching 17 distribution centers across Ikowa Opa, Kabba, and Ogidi
– December 26th, 4pm: Youth Football Championship Final at Kabba Township Stadium: St Augustine College Kabba vs. St Barnabas Secondary School.
– December 27th, 10am: Commissioning of the Millennium Club Legacy Project at Fadile Street, Aiyeteju Kabba.
– December 27th, 12pm: Silver Jubilee Celebration Party at Johnny’s Event Center.
– December 28th: Special Church Thanksgiving Service to honor God as the pillar of the club’s journey.
To friends of Millennium Club and our invited special guests, join us to celebrate this milestone in style.
*Looking Ahead*
With shoulders raised high and hearts bowed in humility, the Millennium Club celebrates SAMS as a life-changing scheme that has given hope to the hopeless and preserved dreams threatened by poverty. The Club remains committed to expanding its reach, ensuring that education continues to serve as a ladder out of hardship for generations to come.
For more information on Millennium Club activities, visit the official website (https://millenniumclub.info/)
Mike Bertola Ibitomihi, writing from Malaysia
(Democracy Newsline Newspaper, December 25TH 2025)
