How compassion for PWDs got me presidential award – Douglas
One of the awardees of the combined President’s NYSC Honours Award Ceremony (2020-2023), Jurdimma Douglas Damina has expressed joy for the recognition. Douglas who is from Plateau State and served in Katsina State told our correspondent that what gave him the award was due to his compassion for persons living with disability while he was […]
One of the awardees of the combined President’s NYSC Honours Award Ceremony (2020-2023), Jurdimma Douglas Damina has expressed joy for the recognition.
Douglas who is from Plateau State and served in Katsina State told our correspondent that what gave him the award was due to his compassion for persons living with disability while he was serving in Daura, Katsina State, from 2021 to 2022, where he donated 40 wheelchairs to some affected persons there.
He said the donation was done on the 27th June 2022, attracting many people, including traditional rulers who commended him for his unprecedented effort as a corps member.
“I saw a physically challenged man with a wooden wheelchair, and was struggling with his little boy who was applying tiring effort to push the old man. I was deeply touched, and I decided that I will get him a wheelchair. But while planning that, I felt moved to increase the number of the wheelchairs to 40 to add others having the same physical challenge.”
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“That was how the wheelchair project came about, including sensitization on ‘Ability in Disability’ initiative in different secondary schools.
“I never knew that the project would get state recognition (Katsina State), but today it didn’t only get state recognition but federal honour. So, it is good to be good,” he said.
He called on serving Corp members to try and offer any little kindness they can during their service year, even if they are not targeting any recognition, as the gesture can assist people in need no matter how little and posterity will be kind to them.
Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has offered immediate employment into the Federal Civil Service, a cash donation of N250,000 and scholarship up to PhD level to the 200 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who were honored during the ceremony.
The President who was represented by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, said the award was in recognition of their outstanding performance during their service years between 2020 and 2023.