Orphans in Kuje cry out for scholarships

Orphans at the Christ Foundation Orphanage in Kuje, Abuja, have appealed  to government for scholarships to go to school. Two teenagers in the orphanage who spoke to City News on Saturday said they wanted government and people of goodwill to assist the orphanage and support their education. Monday Shehu said he was brought to the […]

Orphans at the Christ Foundation Orphanage in Kuje, Abuja, have appealed  to government for scholarships to go to school.

Two teenagers in the orphanage who spoke to City News on Saturday said they wanted government and people of goodwill to assist the orphanage and support their education.

Monday Shehu said he was brought to the orphanage  when he was nine years old and is now in Senior Secondary Class II at Government Secondary School Kuje.

He said he wanted to be an accountant, but needed help to get quality education to enable him achieve his dream.

The founder of the orphanage, Patrica Kuta, said she started the orphanage 14 years ago and had been self- sustaining.

She said with 45 orphans in school from nursery to university, the orphanage was in need of assistance to cater for their school fees.

She also said government can provide special scholarships for such orphans and also jobs when they finish school and vocational training.

She spoke when the orphanage received food and school materials from the wife of the National Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammed Monguno, Hajiya Nafisah Munir-Monguno in Kuje.

Mongono, who was represented by her sister, Hajiya Fareedah Munir, said the items were given to the orphanage to encourage women like Patrica Kuta who was taking care of the children without assistance from government.

She noted that Monguno’s charity,  Precious Little Live Initiative scouts around for orphanages they could assist with foodstuff, school learning materials, books,  school bags,  and  clothes among others.