By Linda Musa
The newly inaugurated President of Rotary Club of Abuja in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chidi Godswill Ojogho, has pledged to construct a block of classroom in a school around Kuchiko area of the council.
Ojogho made the pledge after his investiture as the 6th president of the club in Abuja at the weekend.
Decrying the current state of the school where students study under a tree and run to the neighborhood for shelters when it rained, Ojogho called for the support of his members and other public spirited individuals to actualize the project within the one year he had to lead the affairs of the club.
He said: “If you visit health centers in Bwari Area Council, you will discover that even pregnant women that are itching to access healthcare hardly find seats to sit down.
“There is a school in Kuchiko where I need to focus on and that school is a star project for me, it is in my heart and close to my heart.
“I have been to the school and I saw the passion in children to learn; there is no single building in the whole of that school, not one standing both for the office of the head teacher or the classrooms, there is none.
“The children there learn under the tree in Kuchiko Bwari; when it is raining, they run to neighbours around the school to take shelter and after the rain, they come out again.
“That shows the resilient spirit of the Nigerian child to acquire education; I look at that school and almost shed tears.
“In the year 2023/2024, with your support in this rotary year, it is my desire to commit with your support six million naira to erect at least a block of five classrooms.
“With you help, we will achieve it, if we have more, we can have additional two classrooms to give hope to these children who have almost lost hope, who are almost believing that this is what education should be, learning under the tree.
“It is my desire to let them know that it can be better, education can be acquired under better environment and a more decent atmosphere.
“With your support, help and encouragement, I hope we will be able to achieve that; this is my star project for the year 2023/2024”.
