The University of Lagos , Alumni Association, has urged the federal government to employ all means to tackle poverty in the country, just as it donated food items and groceries to about 500 indigent students of the university.
President of the association, Mrs. Abimbola Omotoso, noted that the most affected by this menace was the common man on the street, who also happens to have children in institutions of learning. Omotoso saw education as one of the ways to tackle poverty in the country, hence, the association’s gesture to improve education outcomes both in the institution and the country as a whole.
“Although, the donation is part of the activities line up for our reunion week, we intend to sustain this to make it run for at least twice in a year. We are marvelled by the turn out and the feedbacks we received today , and so, we realise we must do more to realise our objectives of making studies easier for students.
“We went through the right protocols to ensure that we give to people that actually deserved our gesture and I’m glad we did.We plan to do more in the area of mentorship , schorlarship and other areas as soon as possible. We have started by addressing basic needs because we know that an angry man is an hungry man. Having done this,we see no reasons why the students won’t face their studies,” she said.
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