Jikamshi Inaugurates 40 Wheelchair Corpers Project

The need for sustainable  community development  project by Youth Corpers has again been  emphasized.

 The Coordinator NYSC Nasarawa state Abdullahi Ahmad Jikamshi  made the assertion while  inaugurating forty wheel chairs for physically challenged members of the Uke Community in Karshi Development Area of Nasarawa state.

The wheel chairs were  secured for the beneficiaries by corps member Madugu Panam Amos through partnership with a Jos based Non-Governmental Organisation Beautiful Gates. The company  produces and donates   the wheel chairs free to physically challenged persons.

 Jikamshi commended the corps member’s initiative through  a project that directly touched the lives of a vulnerable segment of the society, adding that the NYSC Community Development Service (CDS) Programme was specially  designed to  galvanize development at the grassroots.

He urged other corps members to emulate Madugu’s efforts by executing programmes and projects that would impact  positively  on the lives of members of their host communities, particularly the indigent. He enjoined the beneficiaries to use the wheel chairs to improve the quality of their   lives.

The Coordinator noted that  though Nigeria had been declared polio free,  parents must  ensure that their children were duly vaccinated against childhood diseases such as polio, meningitis, measles,   diarrhoea and  malaria to reduce incidences of preventable physical disabilities.

Also speaking at the  event, the Chief Executive Officer of Beautiful Gates  Engr. Ayuba Gufwan urged the beneficiaries not to see their physical disabilities as limitation  that would  make   them  resort to  begging for alms. He assured   them that there was indeed ability in disability, assuring that with  the aid of the  wheel chairs they could engage in many  vocations  such as  schooling,  commercial ventures, handicrafts and become  empowered  economically to live meaningful lives.

He promised to provide more wheel chairs to  those who did not benefit from  the  first sheme.

The Member representing Karshi at the Nasarawa State House Of Assembly, Honourable Mohammed Abdullahi who was represented at the event pledged to give corps members within his constituency the necessary support to carry out community enhancement projects.

 In his remarks, the traditional ruler of the area, the Yakanaje of Uke His Royal Highness Alhaji Dr. Abdullahi Hassan who was represented by Hussein Danladi, the Chief of Kampani Community, he  commended the corps member’s efforts and thanked the NYSC for facilitating community development initiatives by corps members.