History of D.M.G.S., Onitsha

DMGS Endowment Fund, DEF, is a charitable organization created and operated by alumni of DMGS Onitsha, a venerable post-primary institution founded in 1925 along the  eastern bank of the lordly Niger River in Nigeria. For one hundred years, DMGS has consistently been at the forefront of education in Nigeria, helping produce a cadre of professionals who took over the reins of national and regional governance in the post-colonial era. Sadly, like most indices of human development, DMGS has fallen on hard times in recent years. Starting with the disruption of formal education as a consequence of upheaval and anomie in the late 60s, accelerating under military rulership until 1993, with a virtual free-fall in parallel with Nigeria’s economic decline thereafter, this old school is beginning to show its age. An endowment fund was created, largely through the efforts of a US-based alumnus, Mr Green Dim, who was able to convince several other friends and old students to gather under the banner of Grammar School. We seek to use our collective influence, will and resources, to create a fund of at least $2,500,000:00 in support of this ancient school. This fund is designed to grow in perpetuity, with any investment income being channeled towards supporting and improving teaching facilities at the school. This way, the objectives of the original founders of the school, embodied in her Latinate motto, “Lux Fiat”, would be brought alive for another one hundred years and more!