The Dujima of Adamawa State, Alhaji Musa Halilu Ahmed, through his foundation (Musa Halilu Ahmed Foundation) has empowered no fewer than 2000 students and 30 teachers of Government Model Secondary School Daura, Katsina state.
The foundation said the gesture was to help promote educational excellence in Nigeria and propel the nation towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education).
It gave students of the school materials such as school uniforms, bags, exercise books, textbooks, pen; as well as equipped the school with dozens of stationeries, public address system amongst others to boost educational activities of the teachers.
The foundation said it was its passion to help reduce the current high number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, estimated at 13.5 million by UNICEF, and to combat the menace of illiteracy in the country.
“We are optimistic that this programme will help to bridge knowledge inequality by providing students as well as public schools access to learning resources that aid academic excellence and enable teachers to discharge their obligatory duties seamlessly,” Alhaji Musa Halilu Ahmed said in a statement delivered during the ceremony.
