Femi Mustapha
It was a big relief for parents and guardians in Kaduna South federal constituency whose wards are registering for the 2022 National Examination Council (NECO) as Hon. Mukhtar Ahmed Monrovia representing the constituency has paid the exam fee for 185 candidates.
The Lawmaker also settled outstanding School fees of Two thousand, Five Hundred (2,500) orphans in Two hundred and Fifty Islamic schools across the constituency.
Presenting the Nine million Naira Cheque to the Islamiyya Schools, Hon. Monrovia said, Islam teaches about showing care to the Orphans, and one of the best way to do, is to shoulder the responsibility of paying their School fees among other kind gestures.
He explained that since he was elected to represent the good People of Kaduna South Federal Constituency, such gesture has been sustained, but this year he decided to increase the number.
Monrovia informed the gathering that a team was set up to carefully select Ten Orphans across Two Hundred and Fifty(250) Islamiyya Schools in the wards comprising Kaduna South Federal Constituency.
Similarly, the Lawmaker paid Three Million Naira, as National Examination Council (NECO) fees for One Hundred and Eighty Five(185) Students from his Constituency.
The Payments covered both Students of Public and Private Schools.
According to him, “Education is a lifetime investment. The future is here and we have to build prospect for the young ones.
“This is not based on party or other affiliations, but for all eligible students of Kaduna South Federal Constituency to ensure a good standard of learning,” he said.
He enjoined Parents who have children in the Junior classes not to panic as the payment will always continue and will get to them as well.
He, therefore, encouraged the Students focus on their academics and score good grades, stressing that he wants a better future for them.
“I want you all to be better than myself, Kindly read and pass.
“As a representative of the people, I will not rest in providing solutions to the needs of my constituency throughout my tenure in office,” he assured.
Some of the Parents of the beneficiaries in their various remarks, thanked the lawmaker for the gesture, especially in the aspect of education, saying, he has done excellently by craving a better future for the young ones, while praying and pledging their continued support for him.
Speaking on behalf of the Imams, the Imam of Umar Bin Khattab Islamic Center, Dr. Muhammed Tiamiyyu Suleiman said, the gesture showed by the Lawmaker is in accordance with the Commandments of Almighty Allah that, ‘ One should spend his wealth for the orphans, the needy and the poor ones’, while calling on those who are well to do to emulate such gesture.
