Corps Member Empowers Widows with Sewing Machine, Donate Library to School in Yobe State

 Chidimma Atuchukwu Obiageliaku 

A corps member serving at Al-Furqan Learners' Academy, Potiskum, Yobe State, has trained and empowered twenty widows on Fashion design and Tailoring skills in an effort to eliminate poverty and unemployment amongst women in the society.

The Corps member Chidimma Atuchukwu Obiageliaku who hails from Anambra state said the gesture was born out of her passion and desires to assist the vulnerable and less privileged in the society.

The Commissioning and Presentation Ceremony which held on Thursday, 30 June, 2022 at the school premises,  witnessed the presentation of Certificates, Wrappers, Sewing materials and Seven brand new Sewing Machines to the trainee widows. This came after a 6 six weeks intensive training on dress making and other entrepreneurial skills.

Other projects initiated by the Corps member  included the renovation and stocking of a 40 sitters school library in order to boost the learning capacity of students. She said that, "whenever you read a book, it equips you with the knowledge and power to become whoever you aspires to be" hence , donating the library to the school so as to equip the students to become great in the future.

Library Commissioning 

In his welcome address, the Director of the school Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed, represented by Alhaji Musa Dauda commended all the Corps members serving under his watch and specifically the project initiator Chidimma whom he said was the first of her kinds to execute a project of this huge repute.

The state Coordinator NYSC Yobe State, Hajiya Hafsat Yerima, represented by the Head of Community Development Service, CDS Mr. Abimbola Akin expressed her satisfaction with the project carried out by the Corps member and hinted that the state will never forget  her in a hurry while urging other Corp members to emulate her good gesture.

In his contribution, the Provost , Federal college of Education (Technical), Potiskum, represented by the Head of Digital and Visual Library of the College, Mallam Abubakar Hassan explained that education is the bedrock of every meaningful society which deserves the contribution of all stakeholders.

Hassan, on behalf of FCE (T), Potiskum donated a reasonable numbers of text books to the school as part of their contribution to the project.

The benefiting widows who were highly elated thanked the Corps member for the humanitarian support. The leader of the widows Mrs. Ladi said, the training is a life time investment that has  transformed their lives beyond imagination. She prayed Almighty God to grant their benefactor success in her future endeavours.

Other guests in attendance included the representative of the Commissioner, Basic and Secondary Education, Yobe State, Dr. Muhammad Sani Idris, representative of the Emir of Fika His Royal Highness (Dr.) Muhammadu Idrissa Ibn Abbali, Humanitarian organisations, parents and students.

In his closing remarks, the Director of the school thanked the initiator of the projects, the sponsors and offered her an automatic and pensionable employment with accomodation and other benefits after her National Service.

The Community Development Service is one of the key components of the NYSC, designed to have a beneficial influence on the lives of the host community.

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