Covenant University students donate educational materials to schools in 14 states
Donation
By Maureen Ojinaka
Enugu, July 19, 2018 (NAN) The 2018 graduating students of Covenant University, Otta, Ogun, on Thursday donated over 400 textbooks each to schools in 14 states.
Mr Ebenezer Ama, the team leader of the students group that visited Enugu stated this on Thursday while donating about 400 textbooks on different subjects to Nsukka Community Secondary School, Nsukka.
Ama, who did not disclose the cost of the educational materials donated, said the aim of the students was to achieve inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
“As 2018 graduating students of the Covenant University, our collective goal is aimed at achieving inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
“This requires increasing efforts, especially for vulnerable populations, including persons with disabilities, indigenous people, refugee children and poor children in rural areas,” he said.
He said they were grouped into 14 categories to visit and donate over 400 textbooks each to different schools so as to provide for students who could not afford the books.
Ama noted that the project (donation) called ‘Book Drive’ was one of the major community development projects of the University’s prospective 2018 graduating students.
Mr Daniel Ojinaka, Secretary of the Team, said the project was in line with the fourth goal of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, seeking to improve quality education.
Ojinaka stressed that to be part of Nation Builders, the 2018 graduating class saw the need to take up a project that had one of the Sustainable Development goals as their focus.
He explained that the campaign involved gathering current textbooks on various subjects from individuals, families, churches, and other organisations willing to support the drive.
“The recipients include, primary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools in 14 states of the Federation.
“Nsukka Community Secondary School Library benefited from the donation while another 400 textbooks were donated to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Agwu Local Government Area.
“The NYSC will in turn deliver them to schools that are in dire need of such materials,” he said.
The secretary listed the states that benefited from the project to include, Abia, Benue, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers States and Federal Capital Territory.
In his remarks, Mr Ignesuis Oluka, Principal, Community Secondary School, Nsukka, described the ‘Book Drive Campaign’ as the youth bringing the change they needed to reality.
Oluka added that it was a thing of joy for him and all the teachers in the school, as the future which everyone had been speaking of had come to reality and thanked the donors for carrying out the project.
Miss Ihuoma Ugwu, who spoke on behalf of the students, expressed joy over the presentation of the books, and that the books would help the students and teachers immensely. (NAN)
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Edited by Ifeyinwa Okonkwo/Salif Atojoko
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