Tunde Onakoya Fulfils Promise, Gives Full University Scholarship To Girl Sweeping Street With Mum

Nigerian chess player Tunde Onakoya has fulfiled his promise to sponsor a girl who went viral for sweeping the streets with her mother in Lagos Onakoya.

Founder of Chess in Slums Africa, placed the girl on a full university scholarship after offering support on April 1, 2025 .

The girl and her parents recently visited Onakoya’s Chess Innovation Hub, where the scholarship was officially confirmed, securing her education until university completion.

Nigerian chess player, Tunde Onakoya, has fulfiled his promises to a girl who went viral for coming out to sweep with her mother.

The girl went viral after being filmed helping her mother, who works as a street sweeper in Lagos, to do the job in the early morning hours.

Onakoya, who runs Chess in Slums Africa, had on April 1, 2025, offered to sponsor the girl’s education up to the university level.

In his latest update, Onakoya, on his X page @Tunde_OD, announced that the young girl and her parents visited the Chess Innovation hub.

There, she was placed on a full-ride educational scholarship till she was done with university. Sharing a picture of the young girl and her parents, he wrote: “As promised, the young girl visited our Chess Innovation hub with her parents and has now been placed on a full ride Educational scholarship till she’s done with University.”

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