NIMASA,FEMA donate educational items to schools

By Stanley Onyekwere

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have donated learning materials to Primary Schools in the Territory, to improve the teaching and learning experience.

It was gathered that among the learning materials donated include Computers, UPS, printers, books, and some other stationaries.

A statement from Head, FEMA’s Public Affairs, Nkechi

Isa, explained that the donation, which is part of the corporate social responsibility of NIMASA, also emphasized the need to educate children in their early years, using ideal learning and instructional materials, which have been identified as key to raising intellectually sound adults.

It added that the Director, Special Duties, External Relations and Technical Cooperation, NIMASA, Isichei Osamgbi stated this during a symbolic donation of the learning materials to Model Primary School Kubwa 3, Bwari Area Council, Abuja. Osamgbi said that it was important for his team at

NIMASA to support the efforts made by teachers in Primary Schools by providing materials to make teaching easy and learning even easier for the pupils.

He said that NIMASA collaborates with the government ‘by contributing our quota by identifying people who have these needs like the Internally Displaced People’s Camp among others’.

Osamgbi added that more schools across the Territory identified by FEMA, who need the support will receive the educational materials.

Also speaking, the Director, Department of Relief and

Rehabilitation, FEMA, Engr. Mohammed Abdulrahman revealed that NIMASA provided the items but FEMA identified the Schools that have peculiar needs of the materials provided will receive them.

Abdulrahman also assured that all schools that have been identified would receive their packages; adding that FEMA is open to collaborating with good-spirited individuals as well as organizations who wish to reach out to the less privileged in communities across the FCT.

The Head Teacher, Model Primary School Kubwa 3, Ladi Matthew, expressed gratitude to

NIMASA and FEMA for choosing to supply the materials to the School, noting that the children will be impacted greatly.

Similarly, the Head Teacher LEA Primary School Galadima, Gwarinpa, Agaja Agnes, who also received the materials said that the visit was timely, as the pupils needed the materials to aid their learning, promising that the supplies will be maximized and supervised.

Not left out, a primary six Pupil of Model primary school Kubwa 3, Oloruntobi Aaron, expressed excitement, saying, that they can now print the necessary things for their use within the school.