A philanthropist in Akwa Ibom State, Dr Jeremiah Udoh, has donated a storey building of 22 self-contained apartments and two single rooms to serve as lodge for corps members serving at Obot Akara Local Government Area, LGA, in the State.
The State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Mrs Chinyere Ekwe, disclosed this during the official swearing-in of 2023 Batch B Stream 1 corps members at the NYSC orientation camp, Ikot Itie Udung in Nsit Atai LGA on Friday.
Ekwe said the apartment, tastefully furnished with beddings, curtains, reading tables, chairs, upholstery seats and kitchen utensils, is for corps members serving at Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Obon Ukwa in Obot Akara.
She commended Udoh for the lodge and appealed to other well-meaning indigenes of Akwa Ibom State to emulate the gesture.
The State Coordinator said, “I will like to use this medium to further appreciate Dr Jeremiah Udoh, a renowned philanthropist and indigene of Obon Ukwa Community in Obot Akara LGA, who single-handedly built a twin-storey building of 22 self-contained apartments and two common rooms.
“Tastefully furnished with beddings, curtains, reading tables, chairs, upholstery seats and kitchen utensils for corps members serving at Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Obon Ukwa in Obot Akara his alma mater.
“In fact, the corpers’ lodge is the best in Akwa lbom State. I implore other good-spirited philanthropists and corps employers to emulate this noble gesture.”
Ekwe expressed her profound appreciation to the State government for the love and care towards the NYSC scheme in the State.
She commended all heads of security organisations in the State and other collaborating agencies for their maximum support and synergy to the NYSC, adding that it has contributed to the successful implementation of their programmes.
The high point of the ceremony was the administration of the oath of allegiance on the corps members by Justice Gabriel Ette, who represented the Chief Judge, Justice Ekaete Obot.
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