By Abdullahi Yusuf
The Councilor representing Achika ward in Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State, Bashir Aliyu, has sponsored no fewer than 120 out-of-school children to study in secondary schools.
Presenting education materials to the beneficiaries, all of them orphans, at a ceremony held at Achika ward on Sunday, Aliyu said the gesture was meant to secure their future.
He said the beneficiaries would be enrolled at Government Junior Secondary School, Achika, and Government Arabic Junior Secondary School,Achika.
He said he would sponsor the beneficiaries to study from junior up to senior secondary school levels,”even if I am no longer holding any political office.”
The councillor noted that the gesture was his contribution toward the development of Kano State through empowerment of “the vulnerable and the downtrodden.”
According to him,the initiative will secure the future of the children, especially the orphans who nowadays find it difficult to realise their educational dream.
He said the beneficiaries included 65 girls and 54 boys, adding that about 50 of them are 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,” Aliyu said.
Items he distributed to the beneficiaries included 1,200 exercise books, 120 bags, 240 sets of uniform and 120 pairs of shoe.
Others included 120 socks, 240 pens and 240 pieces of pencil.