
INITIATOR/FOUNDER
Jim lyke Esomugha was born in Gabon Libreville to the family
of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Esomugha. Jim Iyke hails from Enugu
Agidi village of Anambra state Eastern Nigeria. Jim circumstance
of birth can only be livened to other great personalities.
As a destiny child, Jim was placed between 7 other sisters
making him the only son among other siblings of his father’s
household. His early struggle to create a niche for himself
was made manifest by his ability to believe and demonstrate
his conviction at any given opportunity.
After the completion of h primary and secondary school education
he proceeded to the University of Jos in furtherance of his
educational career. After his youth service, Jim lyke Esomugha
relocated to Lagos in search of greener fleece but encountered
frustration, setback and challenges; however, his early set
back was cushioned by his contact with a Lagos based lawyer
Barrister. Victor Opurum, who having identified the bundle
of talent inherent in this enigma, encouraged him to continue
the pursue of his dreams. Through sheer hard work, humility
and unprecedented preservance, Jim survived all odds, excelled
in his chosen career and has since proved to be among the
best.
Jim lyke has presently produced two intemational movies called
Ebony and Good evening with internationally renowned actress
Judy Shekoni and Tangerine Martins. Jim has continued to spread
and propagate the ideas of his foundation in his recent 12
country world tour. He desire to give back to the community
of which he was a product of is the reason behind setting
up this Foundation. Given his background and the traumatic
childhood experience, he believe that there is no greater
good than to restore hope, lift up the smile and dreams of
our children in dire need. At a tender age, Jim lyke Esomugha
has realised purpose in his life and he has chosen no other
platform than this foundation to pursue this eternal calling,
we therefore urge you to be a partner of our children dreams
to restore hope to the needy and humanity. Jim lyke, Actor,
model, businessman and film maker, is the founder, initiator
and driving force of Jim lyke Foundation for Children with
special Disabilities. Jim lyke is one of Nigerian’s
most popular actors with a history of over 100 movies in his
film graph in just five years. Renowned for more than acting
skills, he is martial arts specialist and is celebrated for
pioneering a lot of first in the home video industry. He is
the first actor to produce a mainstream big budget movie abroad.
As a businessman, Jim has considerable interest in Real Estate
and resource management. He is an alumnus of the University
of Jos with a degree in philosophy.
In spite of the good looking charming playboy roles that movies
seem to cast him in, Jim is a focused and disciplined young
man who has allowed his passion for children, their welfare
and the greater good of society to be expressed via the vehicle
of his foundation.
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