By JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Zamfara-based charity organisation, AUG Foundation for Orphans And Less-Privileged, has offered education support to 20 underprivileged students from the tertiary institutions and medical intervention to 10 vulnerable persons.
The District Head of Mayana district, Gusau emirate, Alhaji Mustafa Mayana presented the gesture on behalf of the foundation to the beneficiaries in Gusau on Saturday.
Mayana said the assistance was aimed to provide succour to the beneficiaries considering the current economic hardship in the state.
The beneficiaries comprised 10 students drowned from the Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda and 10 students from the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau.
“Each of the beneficiaries received financial support ranging between N25,000, N35,000 and N51,000 to enable them to pay registration of their school fees,” he said.
The district head advised the beneficiaries to take their studies seriously.
Also speaking at the event, an official of the foundation, Abdul Bala-Gusau said each of the 10 vulnerable persons for medical intervention received N20,000.
Bala Gusau said the financial gesture to support less-privileged families to access quality education and good health.
He said the foundation also donated cash of N150,000, to Abubakar Kafinta build a collapsed fence building in his house and one Aminu who received N100,000 and two bags of assorted grains.
“Others were Jamilu Altine who benefited from N140,000 to pay house rent while a free medical bill was offered to Muhammad Abdullahi who has been receiving treatment in the hospital”, he explained.
Mus’ab Bello and Ramlat Dahiru who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries expressed gratitude to the foundation for the gesture.
They appealed to well meaning individuals to emulate the foundation and give more assistance to the vulnerable groups.