GSS Kuje set 2001 donates study materials to alma mater
By Angela Atabo

Set 2001 graduates of Government Secondary School (GSS) Kuje, Abuja, on Saturday donated study materials to their alma mater.

The Chairman, Set 2001, Mr Zakari Ahmed, while presenting the items on behalf of his mates, said the gesture was in commemoration of the sets 21st anniversary of graduation.

Ahmed said that the community of former students was established to utilise the benefits of bond and social capital to contribute to nation building and give back to the school community that made them.

He said the group had in the past, marked its anniversaries by supporting the students of GSS Kuje with over 500 customised exercise books.

He added that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group reached out to Pasali and Shetiko communities in Kuje with food items where over 50 households benefited.

We equally visited an orphanage in Kuje where we donated food items, and this years anniversary, we decided to support learning by donating 50 desks and chairs to the school.

Truth be told, we are counting memories of long nights of studying for exams, sports games, jocks in our locker rooms and classes, senior-junior students mentorship, teachers-students mentorship.

Today, our hearts are knitted with the euphoria of fulfillment that our hopes as students have been birthed into realities.

We are resolute in our resolve to procure comforts and conveniences that will create conducive learning environment; provide career guide to students and offer the best representation of this school in all our duty posts.

Ahmed further called on the school management and other old students to create a forum where the school problems would be communicated so they could be attended to.

He expressed the groups gratitude to the principals, teaching and non-teaching staff, whose collective resilience strewn dreams into realities.

We are transformed because of your commitment to impact in us the virtues of our various endeavours. We are celebrated because you trained and instructed us.

Responding, Dr Bello Gupa, the Principal of GSS Kuje, thanked the set on behalf of the school and FCT Secondary Education Board, for the gesture, adding that the school was in dire need of chairs.

Thank you very much set 2001, the truth is that we are short of chairs; in fact, we have been thinking of what to do about it.

Since I came, we have made about 600 chairs and year in year out, we keep on having shortage of seats.

Now you have come to our aid and I think from now till the end of the term, our students will sit comfortably, he said

One of the teachers who taught set 2001, Mr Dugule Hacks, thanked the group for the initiative, noting that such acts complements governments effort towards providing conducive learning environment.

I want to say that I am proud to be part of a set like yours, continue to do what you are doing, continue to pray, continue to stick together; the almighty God will certainly bless you.

We want to appreciate you all, for even remembering that we, in our own little ways, touched your lives; we appreciate you for looking back to say that where you have been trained deserve much more.

Hacks advised youths to take the forefront in the affairs of the country by taking leadership positions and working hard for the good of the nation.

In his remarks, Mr Ibrahim Abubakar, Head boy, set 2001 thanked the teachers for being so impactful, adding that God had been faithful to set 2001 for 21 years.

About 21 years ago, we thought that we were being punished by our teachers but looking behind, we discovered that they molded us to become the best we are today, he said.

Abubakar told the school to expect more of such gestures and also urged the students to emulate the good virtues of set 2001.

The Head Girl of set 2001, Ms Grace Inuwa, also appreciated the teachers for their commitment towards ensuring that her mates became great men and women.

You instilled in us character, and the determination to succeed, we realised that after the discipline comes the gift, she said

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that highlight of the event was the presentation of cash gifts to appreciate their teachers. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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Edited by Chidinma Agu/Idris Abdulrahman

Source: NAN News