By Muhammad Nasir Bello
Sokoto – The Sokoto State Zakkat and Endowment Commission has distributed educational materials to 46 orphans and disbursed business capital to their guardians in the state.
The Chairman of the Commission, Malam Lawal Maidoki, who made this known while distributing the materials, said that the programme was to encourage the orphaned children in the state to go to school.
“This is to ensure that the 46 orphaned children are able to go back to school and become educated like those whose parents are alive.
“The gesture, however, is to support the state government’s commitment of declaring a state of emergency in the education sector of the state,” he said.
Maidoki added that the gesture was part of the commission’s commitment to cater for the less privileged in the society.
He said that each orphan was fully provided with two school uniforms, writing and reading materials, school bags and school sandals.
Maidoki said that their guardians were provided with their choice of business materials including vegetable oil, bags of rice, bags of groundnut, among others and each will get a capital of N5, 000.
He said that the orphans were selected from each of the 23 local government areas of the state by district heads in the areas.
Maidoki called on wealthy individuals to emulate Alhaji Umarun Kwabo, who established a primary school to support over 150 children orphaned by insurgency.
The District Head of Gagi, Alhaji Sani Umar, commended the efforts of the commission in supporting the less privileged in the society.
Umar called on the beneficiaries to judiciously utilise the money and materials for better living standards of the orphans under their care.
Also, Malam Amadu Mairoba, who spoke as the Guest Speaker, said that supporting orphans in the society was the fulfillment of faith among mankind.
Mairoba said that the gesture was highly recommended in the teachings of Islam, as it purifies the heart and deeds of individuals in the society. (NAN)