EXCLUSIVE: “I don’t need to be Dangote’s daughter before touching lives around”

…says corps members who provided classroom facilities for pupils of Model Science Primary School, Garki Village, FCT

According to her, “I remember seeing some comments on Vanguard News community post, some people said that my father must be a rich man, some said I am a rich corper that’s why I could carry out such projects. Well, that Is not true. I am from a very average Nigerian home. My dad is a retired staff of the NYSC while my mum has been a government primary school teacher for over 30years.

When I identified the problems in my host community, I was moved with compassion therefore, I wrote letters to well meaning individuals and organisations. I trekked the streets of Abuja dropping letters with organisations. Some chased me away while some listened to me. My philosophy is, I don’t need to have everything to do something…”

Source:vanguardngr.com

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