Progressive Ultimate Caucus Club Celebrates at 5

Progressive Ultimate Caucus Club (PUCC) of Nigeria celebrates her 5th anniversary with three events in a day, which included an inspiring lecture, a gift to the people from Festus Fajemilo Foundation, a home with people suffering from Spina Bifida, coupled with inspirational talks from the young Shomolu Boys of yesterday, who are now above 50 and are all out to make societal changes.

Progressive Ultimate Caucus Club of Nigeria (PUCC) recently celebrated its 5th anniversary in Lagos. The highlight of the event was presentation of gift to Festus Fajemilo Foundation, a home catering to sufferers of Spina Bifida, a birth defect called neural tube defect which has no cure. The club donated an undisclosed amount to support the noble cause of the foundation. The founder, Mr. Festus fajemilo thanked the club for its kind gesture. Presenting some members of the home, who grace the event, he explained that the sufferers have challenges varying from mobility, passing out of feaces and urine. “The Foundation, he said has been creating awareness against stigmatisation of these people and working with various NGOs, government agencies and corporate bodies for support.”

Painting a grim picture of those living with the condition, he said all of them have to undergo surgery “and we have to take care of the postsurgery.

We have kits for those with feaces and urine challenges so they can be accepted in school while apparatus are provided for those with mobility challenge.

People suffering from Spina Bifida are burdens to their parents and guardians hence the Foundation comes to their aid.” President of the Club, Commandant Ebenezer Adebisi, the Zonal Commanding Officer, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Ogun and Lagos state, in his goodwill message, pledged that the club would do more in future to advance the work of the Foundation.

The club, Adebisi said was formed by people of like minds, who grew up together at Pedro in Shomolu, Lagos.

Being mainly children of the less privileged in the society, they dreamt of making it to the top and thus named the Club, Progressive Ultimate Caucus Club to give fillip to their dream.

“Right now, the club is made up of people who have made their mark in both the public and private sectors of the economy,” explained the President in elation.

Their projection is to bring up the upcoming ones, to impart their lives positively by empowering and assisting them with their education and taking care of the physical challenged.

According to Barrister Olufemi Dafosta Osinowo, the Public Relations officer of the club, they follow up some of the donations to make sure they are judiciously used as they have extended their frontiers and relationships to different groups. He admonished the youths to believe in what they are doing and set their eyes on the ball.

Professor Abiola Sanni, who delivered the anniversary lecture, spoke on the relevance of social clubs in developing good human relations. He said social clubs should get more involved in the welfare and general wellbeing of people within their communities and advance the cause of the less privileged in the society.

“Members should see themselves as people who have come together for philanthropist purposes,” he advised. Stating some of the benefits of social clubs, Sanni said man being a social animal needs to relax and socialise and that, as members, come together to encourage and draw inspiration from one another.