Education
NEDC Donates Food Items, Books To Indigent Students In N/East
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated food items and exercise books to students of tertiary institutions in the region.
The Managing Director of the commission, Mr Mohammed Alkali, said this while presenting the items to representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), last Thursday in Maiduguri.
He said the gesture was inline with the commission’s mandate in area of humanitarian support.
Represented by Mohammed Umaru, the NEDC Coordinator in the state, Alkali said such support was not the first of its kind to students in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba.
He urged the leadership of the student union to ensure the items reached thier members across the zone, to ameliorate their hardship.
“Our believe is that the materials will go round the desired targeted students.
“The essence is to alleviate the suffering being faced by students in North East,” he said.
Responding, the Coordinator, NANS Zone – E, Mr Alhassan Adam lauded the gesture, describing it as timely.
He commended the commission for its intervention aimed at addressing education and humanitarian challenges in the region.
Adam also expressed readiness of the association to ensure effective distribution of the items to deserving students.
TheTide source reports that the items inclue 600 bags of 25kg of rice, 600 cartons of pasta, 60 cartons of vegetable oil and 10,000 exercise books.
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