Alhaji Bashir Aliyu, Councillor representing Achika ward in Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State, has sponsored 120 out-of-school children to further studies.
A councillor of Achika ward of Wudil Local Government area in Kano state, Bashir Shehu Aliyu, in his effort to assist less privileged students to acquire education, has sponsored no fewer than 120 out-of-school children, who were orphans, to study in secondary school.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Aliyu, while
presenting the educational materials to the beneficiaries at Achika on Sunday,
said the beneficiaries were orphans.
He said the gesture was meant to improve their educational
standard and secure their future.
Bashir said the beneficiaries would be enrolled at the
Government Junior Secondary School, Achika, and Government Arabic Junior
Secondary School, Achika.
He promised that the beneficiaries would be sponsored to
study from the junior secondary school level up to the senior level.
“This will be continued even after I am no longer in
office,” he said.
The councillor said that the gesture was part of his
contribution toward the development of the state.
“I am focusing on empowering the vulnerable and the
downtrodden,” he said.
According to him, the initiative will secure the future of
the children, especially orphans, who nowadays find it difficult to realise
their educational dreams.
Bashir said the beneficiaries included 65 girls and 54 boys,
adding that about 50 of them were drop-outs.
“I will continue to look after these children until they
graduate from secondary school. Empowering children like these, all of them
orphans, is a great service to humanity.
“They need the society’s support in order to be good and
productive members of the society. Abandoning them would be dangerous.
“That is why I decided to sponsor their education from
junior up to senior secondary school level even if I am no longer holding a
political appointment,” he said.
Items distributed to the beneficiaries included 1,200
exercise books, 120 school bags, 240 sets of uniforms and 120 pairs of shoes.
Others included 120 socks, 240 pens and 240 pieces of
pencils.