A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Abudu Tajudeen David, said he saved up his monthly allowances and purchased inverter and learning materials for a school in Ebonyi State in order to contribute in advancing education standard in the state.
David, an indigene of Ondo State was posted to the state for his one year mandatory service.
The corps member donated 10KVA solar inverter, tables and chairs to the Girls’ High School Azuiyiokwu, in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State recently as part of his community development projects.
He disclosed that he went about sourcing for funds which he added to his savings to be able to complete the humanitarian gesture.
However, his donations have brought joy to the students and staff of the school as they jubilated during the unveiling of the educational items.
David, who is serving in the State Ministry of Power and Energy, donated the items as his community development project to boost literacy level of the state through 24 hours power supply to the school for effective teaching and learning processes.
He thanked all those who assisted him financially to actualize the projects and expressed optimism that what he has done would go a long way in the advancement of education in the state.
Other projects executed for the school by the corps member include repairs of the institution’s faulty solar panels, repairs of 30 out of 46 faulty and abandoned computer sets as well as procurement of 20 tables and 20 chairs for teachers.
While commissioning the projects, the State Governor, Francis Nwifuru commended the youth corps member for his thoughtfulness.
The governor represented by the Commissioner for Power, Peter Ogeali eulogized the choice of project and expressed optimism that with the donations and fixing of the bad computers, the students would benefit immensely from the efforts of the young man.
He enjoined other NYSC members to emulate David adding that his efforts have justified the reason for establishment of NYSC scheme by the Federal Government.
On her part, the State NYSC Coordinator, Folake Oladeinde explained that community development was one of the four cardinal schemes of the NYSC aimed at getting corps members to initiate and execute community development projects that would impact the societies where they serve.
Represented by the Assistant Director in charge of Community Service, Ngozi Achuma, Oladeinde said David’s efforts were exceptional because he did not only repair broken down computers, he also provided solar energy to enable the students to put the computers to use.
