school children
World Teachers’ Day: NUT makes
donation to children in Ekiti
Nigeria Union of
Teachers (NUT), Ekiti state chapter Thursday donated books, diapers, snacks and
other materials worth thousands of naira to children of Erelu Angela Adebayo
Children’s Home at Iyin Ekiti.
Teachers (NUT), Ekiti state chapter Thursday donated books, diapers, snacks and
other materials worth thousands of naira to children of Erelu Angela Adebayo
Children’s Home at Iyin Ekiti.
News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the donation is part of activities lined up to
celebrate this year’s World Teachers’ Day in the state.
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the donation is part of activities lined up to
celebrate this year’s World Teachers’ Day in the state.
Handing over the
items to the staff of the children home, the state NUT chairman, Mr Samuel
Olugbesan, said that the gesture was to associate with the children, and
assured them of a better future.
items to the staff of the children home, the state NUT chairman, Mr Samuel
Olugbesan, said that the gesture was to associate with the children, and
assured them of a better future.
Olugbesan said the
union would make it part of its obligations to contribute to the welfare of the
less privileged in the society in its subsequent programmes.
union would make it part of its obligations to contribute to the welfare of the
less privileged in the society in its subsequent programmes.
The NUT chairman
appealed to well-meaning Nigerians in the society to use their wealth to better
the lots of others, especially the less privileged.
appealed to well-meaning Nigerians in the society to use their wealth to better
the lots of others, especially the less privileged.
He also appealed
to parents to take good care of their children for them to be relevant in
future, urging those in the habit of dumping babies to desist from such
despicable act.
to parents to take good care of their children for them to be relevant in
future, urging those in the habit of dumping babies to desist from such
despicable act.
Mrs Ajayi Adebayo,
who received the gift on behalf of the children, thanked the leadership of NUT
in the state for the kind gesture.
who received the gift on behalf of the children, thanked the leadership of NUT
in the state for the kind gesture.
The children of
the Erelu Angela Adebayo home also appreciated the teachers for remembering
them.
the Erelu Angela Adebayo home also appreciated the teachers for remembering
them.
NAN reports that
the Teachers’ Day activities in Ekiti continue on Friday with a public lecture,
scheduled to hold at the NUT office along Old Iyin road, while the grand finale
of the programme will take place Saturday at Oluyemi Kayode Stadium by 10am.
the Teachers’ Day activities in Ekiti continue on Friday with a public lecture,
scheduled to hold at the NUT office along Old Iyin road, while the grand finale
of the programme will take place Saturday at Oluyemi Kayode Stadium by 10am.
World Teachers’
Day is celebrated annually on October 5 and aims to focus on
“appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world” and to
provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and
teaching-learning experience.
Day is celebrated annually on October 5 and aims to focus on
“appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world” and to
provide an opportunity to consider issues related to teachers and
teaching-learning experience.