NYSC Donates Mobile Aids to Indigents in Abia

It was a huge sense of relief for three indigent persons in Abia State when the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) provided them with wheel chairs to enable them move about easily. The state director of NYSC, Mrs. Francesca Ifon presented the mobility aids to the beneficiaries who were selected from different local governments of Abia. The beneficiaries include Mrs. Grace Okereke Nwaka from Ajatakiri in Ikwuano Local Government, Ndidi Akoma from Okeikpe, Ukwa West Local Government and Master Chukwubuikem Ukandu from Nkwoegwu Ohuhu in Umuahia North Local Government.

The state director, who represented the director general, Brig Gen. Suleman Kazaure, said that the donation of the wheel chairs was part of the community development service aspect of the objectives of the NYSC. She explained that the donation of the wheel chairs was made possible by the Grace Projects International (GPI), a non-governmental organisation based in the United States, which provided a number of wheel chairs to the NYSC in support of its community development service. The wheel chairs were distributed to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Ifon explained that Abia State was allotted three wheel chairs “to alleviate the sufferings of the needy in the society,” adding that the beneficiaries in Abia were selected in collaboration with the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. The NYSC state director commended the Abia State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for giving the scheme “tremendous support”. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Lady Chinedu Brown, who was represented by the Director of Rehabilitation, Esther Obinya, expressed gratitude to the NYSC for reaching out to the indigent Abians and providing them with mobility aids. She called on good spirited groups and individuals to emulate the NYSC in assisting the indigents in the society to live quality lives.