The campaign, in partnership with Image Merchants Promotions (IMPR) Limited, involves a session of media engagements, in which the Team Lead and Campaign Anchor of FAIRER, Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Chiamaka Asuozu Glory, will preach the gospel of peaceful co-existence and national unity, among teeming, yet diverse Nigerians.

This is coming as Nigeria battles lingering insecurity, and also continues to swim in the ocean of other multifarious socio-economic woes. Ja’afar Ja’afar, Founder of the Penlight New Media and Innovation Centre, in a goodwill remark, lamented the disunity and division among Nigerians of various ethnic groups and religion. He was speaking at the PRNigeria Centre Abuja.

It was during an interactive session organized by FAIRER attended by reporters, together with gender and youth advocates. Ja’afar, who is also the publisher of DailyNigerian, was represented by his Editor, Mr. Ibrahim Ramalan. He described the advocacy campaign of FAIRER as highly commendable.

He added that the ‘laudable initiative’ is coming at a time Nigeria is in dire need of a robust collaboration by stakeholders, to salvage the country from the looming danger, fueled by ‘menacing’ insecurity and violent ethnic agitations. “This campaign is indeed brilliant and commendable.

It will go a long way to address, and of course, solve most of our national problems, as they relate most especially, to our multi-ethnic diversity,” he noted.

While applauding the media feats attained by PRNigeria and other publications of IMPR, the DailyNigerian publisher, assured that their Penlight Center will throw its weight to support FAIRER’s noble and patriotic course.

Team Lead, Zubaida Ibrahim, said they will also be embarking on a community outreach as part of engaging the youths in nurturing a mutually-beneficial inter-ethnic relationship, among various Nigerian ethnic groups.

She added: “For now, we will organize media engagement sessions. As we know, the media is a very powerful tool for mass education and public enlightenment. In the media engagements, we will dissect the ills of allowing inter-ethnic and religious clashes to fester.”
Chiamaka Glory, the Campaign Anchor, said the over-aching concern of their FAIRER is to aggressively make a case for ethno-religious tolerance, among all Nigerians. “We must appreciate our ethnic and religious differences. Let it be a tool for national progress and development and not violent and division. That is the only way to guarantee peace in our land,” she said.

Earlier in a discussion forum, a youth activist, Chukwukadibia Echefu, asserted that Nigeria can still attain greatness and prosper economically if the country’s vast human and mineral resources are efficiently harnessed, and not exploited.

On her part, Maryam Hassan of Illmi Children’s Fund under the Ayhay Foundation, saluted the officials of FAIRER for coming up with the peace and national unity advocacy project. In his goodwill remark, Alhaji Yushau Shuaib, Founder of IMPR, expressed satisfaction with the efforts of the female campaigners, saying FAIRER’s media crusade will greatly promote harmonious coexistence in the country.

PENLIGHT Centre Supports Female-Led National Peace, Unity Campaigns

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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 United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF), Penlight Centre, various individuals and groups have intervened in the case of 11-yr-old physically disabled and orphan Fatima Yushau, who crawls to her primary school under harsh conditions, after Arewa Agenda’s report.

These interventions include cash donations, books, bags, clothing and eight wheelchairs, are guaranteed to take care of her immediate needs and sponsor her education up till University level. The Headmaster at DanShayi Primary School in Rimin Gado Local Government of Kano State, where the girl schooled expressed delight at how Arewa Agenda’s report impacted Fatima’s Life and secured her future despite her disability.

“The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sent its officials to confirm the story and access the girl towards their own intervention. We are incredibly happy about what is happening to her life right now,” he told Arewa Agenda.

A special fundraiser to support Fatima’s life pursuit was raised by the Penlight Centre, led by the Editor in Chief of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar in collaboration with the Arewa Agenda for sustainable development team. While assuring that a comprehensive list of the donors and amounts donated will soon be published, Jaafar Jaafar disclosed that the funds raised would be utilised for the benefit of the girl’s education and welfare up to university level. He added that the Penlight Centre is currently making arrangements to bring her to a specialist health centre for proper medical examination and possible acquisition of a walking aid for her.

“With over eight hundred thousand naira realized since we started the fundraiser, we are going to apportion the money in such a way that we can take care of her immediate needs in terms of feeding, health clothing and shelter.

“We are also mulling empowerment for her grandmother such that they can have sustained income in the family, and we will employ a special lesson teacher on a monthly stipend to coach her for a given contract period which we will constantly appraise and some of the funds will also go into her tuition and exam fees through all levels of her education upto the University,” Mr. Jaafar explained.

Reacting to the development, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba, founder, Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) and the Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR), whose grant led the Arewa Agenda team into the investigation that discovered Fatima expressed delight that a single story led to a very impactful outcome.

“This is great news, and we are glad to see how one story from Arewa Agenda team for sustainable development sparked up unprecedented goodwill and support to education and health.”

While calling on Journalists to make concerted efforts towards this style of development Journalism, Dr. Magashi also appealed to relevant stakeholders and organizations to always provide the support that will enable Journalists to perform optimally.

The Convener/Managing Editor, Arewa Agenda for sustainable development, Mohammad Dahiru Lawal expressed happiness that the platform’s story did not only bring Fatima’s plight to the fore, but it sparked a chain of goodwill reaction from prominent and well-meaning Nigerians.

“These interventions will not only secure her future but also benefit others with the similar situation within the community and we are working closely with the Penlight Centre led by sir Jaafar Jaafar and my mentor Alhaji Yushau Shuaib to achieve this. I hope this will also inspire others to make support for disabled people around them in one way or the other, a priority. As a development-oriented media action platform, we are open to partnerships from interested parties towards these goals,” he said.

Pending publication of the full list of donors, among the early responders, are Beautiful Gates Handicapped People Centre, Kabiru Alhaji Haruna Gimba of Ajaokuta Steel Company, Hajiya Hadiza Umar of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Ibrahim Sunusi Ismail, Modu Kachalla Bole and Jibril Mahmud.

Others are Hajiya Madina and friends, Garba Mohammad Sadiq, Abdullahi Aminu Mudi, Moses Ebe, Mohammad Aminu Mohammad to mention a few of the donors. Recall that Arewa Agenda had reported that an 11-yr-old physically disabled Class-two pupil, Fatima Yusha’u, of Dan Shayi Primary School, in Rimin-Gado local government area in Kano State, crawls to school defying harsh conditions including the scorching sun due to her passion for education.
See initial story/video here: Meet Fatima, An 11-yr-Old Disabled Orphan Who Crawls to School Under Scorching Sun https://arewaagenda.com/meet-fatima-an-11-yr-old-disabled-orphan-who-crawls-to-school-under-scorching-sun/

UNICEF, Penlight Centre Respond to Plight of Disabled School Girl Fatima with Wheelchairs, Scholarship

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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.

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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.

Daily Nigerian Unveils Penlight Centre for Training Journalists, Interns on New Media

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