A National Youth Corps member Okeke Stanley Chima has been conferred with the chieftaincy title of Ozo Ogbenye 1 of Igbudu-Ekka community for sinking a borehole in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

Chima also stocked a library at the Community Secondary School, Nkomoro in the council.

Chima said the projects were part of his Community Development Service (CDS), a core part of the NYSC.

He said the initiative was informed by a need to solve a problem as he saw it upon his posting to the community. Chima said the need became an obligation considering that he was accepted and cared for by the people.
He added that the only way he thought he could impact on their lives was through such projects. He urged the benefit-ting communities to continue to extend the same hospitality showed him to other Corps members that would be posted to the area.

Daisy Girl Foundation, a Lagos-based non-governmental organisation whose cardinal objective is to support the development of future national and world leaders, sponsored the two projects.

Mrs Marilyn Maduka, the founder of the foundation said they identified with the Corps member because his CDS initiatives were in tandem with the core objective of the foundation.

She said the foundation was interested in developing education and values especially in the girl-child in Nigeria and beyond. She urged the communities to make use of the projects as the foundation would visit in near future to inspect and do more projects for them if they could maintain the existing ones.
In their remarks on behalf of Igbudu Ekka, the community Head, Mr Ogbaigbo Emmanuel Ugbala and the youth President, Ogwale Matthew who lauded Corps member and the Foundation said the new borehole has ended the scarcity of water hitherto facing the community.

They said the project was going to unite the people more and prayed God to reimburse them in double fold. The Principal of community Secondary School(CSS) Nkomoro, Mr Ugama C. C, who commended the Corps member and the foundation said the library was the first of its kind since the establishment of the school in over two decades.

He said the Library would inculcate reading culture in the students and pledged to ensure judicious use of the library.

The member representing Ohaozara East state constituency, Hon. Augusta Udeh who commissioned the projects said he was impressed to be associated with such laudable achievement and thanked the Corps member and the Foundation for the humanitarian services. Hon. Udeh appealed to the community not to discriminate among themselves on the use of the borehole just as she admonished the students and teachers of CSS Nkomoro to make proper use of the Library.

The state Coordinator of NYSC in Ebonyi state who was represented by Mr Kingsley Ndukwe commended the Corps member for the initiative and urged other corps members to emulate him. Highlight of the event was the distribution of items such as clothes, beverages, shoes, cream, etc to widows and other villagers by Daisy Girl Foundation.

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I hope he gets more than chieftency title maybe a recognition from the government. This is the type of news we wish to hear about the NYSC and the other way round

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chief Stanley....... congratulations brother proud of you!!!!!!!

congrat bro. u are d tru leader of tommorow.

Nice one

This is real service to one's country, am deeply proud of you.

Better guy with better brain..... unlike sum guys wey go go Dia to bleep all d community girls without doing sum tin tangible..... I gbadun ur trademark

Very laudable project.Nigeria's competitiveness in the global scene can only get better with quality education.Kudos to the corper

Don't even know what to say

wow :owow

Most corpers have same intention but economic crises is a determinant.....
God bless you my amiable corper

GothamLuke:
God bless you sir

and your family and also the nairalander's families

NICE ONE

wow!!

He has done well.

Highly laudable projects,recognition fully merited.

If a corper can do this without been compelled. Them shame to all politicians. Most of them don't have a project associated with their Name. Yet, masses are suffering. God give us compassionate and incorruptible leaders in our dear country, Nigeria.

Gud one bro,I did d same when I served.

Na rich corper be that nah, person wey no qet money chop fit do am??!

this is an excellent work well done.................keep it up bro""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""IGBO KWENU""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

Is this his CDS project or what? Cos I no read dis contents. Cos I CRS, a guy bought land for church and also built 6 blocks of classroom in Ikom all of which na personal cash.

Congratulations o
I also did sth like this in Akwaibom 2012
God bless you.

The library even looks exactly like the one i put up in my ppa. I ws so fulfilled i did it.

jmichlins:
I hope he gets more than chieftency title maybe a recognition from the government. This is the type of news we wish to hear about the NYSC and the other way round

I'm sure he will be getting a state award and could also be nominated for the presidential award. That's the it works i think

Dats gud