The Penlight Centre has announced automatic scholarship from primary school to university level for Fatima Yushau, a physically disabled and orphaned schoolgirl whose plight was reported by Arewa Agenda sometimes ago.

The Project Coordinator of Penlight Centre, Mr. Mohammad Dahiru Lawal who made the announcement while providing new sets of uniform, books, cash token, mattress and foodstuff to the young education enthusiast in her school said she was also being scheduled for a special medical examination at the Dala Orthopaedic Hospital, Kano, where she would be properly inspected for possible acquisition of walking aid that will enable her to move around with her legs.

The Arewa Agenda for Sustainable Development had reported the plight of the 11-yr-old physically disabled primary class pupil in the Rimin-Gado area of Kano State who crawled to school every day defying harsh conditions including the scorching sun due to her passion for education.

After the report, the United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF) and other groups had shown great concern over the plight of the pupil before Penlight Centre raised over eight hundred thousand naira to cater for her welfare and education up to the university level.

Lawal who is also the Convener of Arewa Agenda for sustainable development reiterated commitment towards Fatima’s welfare.

He said, “already, a supervisor for her trust fund in the person of Miss Kubura Garba has been appointed to ensure a clinical and transparent implementation of the plans we have for her through what was raised.” He also commended the tireless efforts of Penlight Centre’s Chief Executive, who is also Editor in Chief of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar for championing the fundraising and contributions of well-meaning Nigerians in ensuring the security of Fatima’s future.

In his response, while commending the gestures of the donors, the Headmaster at Dan Shayi Primary School, Mallam Ahmadu Ali appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to look into the plight of other children with similar special needs and the welfare of some teachers that live below the poverty line for necessary intervention.

On her part, Fatima’s grandmother expressed gratitude to all individuals, groups and organizations that have supported Fatima one way or the other.

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The launching which held at the PRNigeria Centre, Kano, is geared towards engagement of individuals in the areas of social media, Investigative journalism, publication and media interface.

Speaking at the ceremony, the founder of the centre and publisher of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar, stated that the beneficiaries of the training will be groomed in areas of social justice, transparency, accountability, research and training.

He said the centre will empower participants to actively be involved in areas of healthcare, education, governance, women empowerment and fact-checking projects.

Jaafar said, “Social Media has come to stay and its positive aspects far outweighs the downsides. So we want to see how we can train citizen journalists to understand and apply the fundamental aspect of journalism.”

The publisher further noted that investigative journalism is evolving with new trends that need adequate demonstration of knowledge to access grants and expose stories that will policymakers to take positive actions.

Earlier in his opening remarks, the chairman of the centre and publisher of PRNigeria, Yushau Shuaib, said the centre will address challenges of information dissemination on Social Media.

He said “most of our youths lack the know-how in using Social Media beneficially. The North especially is backward in using these tools for advantageous engagements.”

Shuaib, a renowned Public Relations practitioner revealed that the center which is a non-profit initiative has already received support of over twenty computers, solar power installation, generator set and yearly data package from the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

He noted that the pioneer beneficiaries of the initiative who are students of the Department of Information and Media Studies, Bayero University Kano are already doing excellently well in deploying their acquired skills.

Meanwhile, a Director of the Centre and spokesperson of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sunusi, said the initiative became necessary considering the need of similar establishment in the northern part of the country.

Present at the ceremony were members of the Kano state Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), who pledged their support for the program while also committing themselves to benefit fully from Penlight’s offerings.

By PRNigeria

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