Khalif Cares Foundation Pays WAEC Fees Of Students In Kogi

Humanitarian service in the Central

Senatorial District of Kogi State has for an

umpteenth time been redefined and given a

new leaf by Khalif Cares Foundation, a

charity organization poised to address

economic, social, and political challenges

bedeviling people in the rural areas across

Nigeria.

It would be recalled that the foundation had

on Friday 26th January, 2018 trained and

empowered not less than 800 entrepreneurs

in the district.

In the same vein, the foundation has today

given respite to 60 students who were

stranded on the payment of their registration

fees for the forthcoming West African

Examination Council (WAEC).

The students, who were selected from

various schools across the five local

government areas, got their hopes restored

when the KCF team met with them in their

schools respectively, handing each student

the sum of N30,000.

The Lead Director of the foundation, Comr

Adomu Adeiza stated that the exercise was

in fulfillment of the mandate from the

founder, Alh Khalifa Abdulrahman Okene

who according to him was passionate about

the academic strides of youths across the

country.

He revealed that the foundation through her

field officers had two months ago gone to

select-schools to intimate with the

Principals on the welfare of less privileged

and bright students, from where they got the

data of the beneficiaries.

According to him, 12 students across various

secondary schools were selected from each

local government area, summing the total

drawn from the five local governments to

60.

At each of the schools visited, he challenged

the students to be hard-working, especially

in preparation for the examinations, and the

bid to further place the outstanding ones on

full scholarship to tertiary institutions of

their choice.

Adeiza revealed that the foundation would

by March, 2018 unveil her official fund

raising event to cater for Girl –Child

education across the country.

To some of the students, the gesture was

unprecedented with reasons from sour

experiences they had in times past.

Yusuf Bashirat, a student of Government

Science Secondary School, Adogo in

Ajaokuta Local Government Area thought the

feasibility study by field officers to be the

usual from politicians.

“When they first came to our school to

collect our information, I felt not interested

because people always come and they will

not do anything for us. So when they called

me this morning that they were on their way

to my school to pay my registration, I was

still filled with doubts.

“I am grateful to Khalif Cares Foundation for

paying my fees. May God continue to bless

the foundation,” she prayed.

From the various Principals of schools

visited, it was recounts of how they became

helpless in registering the financially

handicapped students before the closing

date of registration, therefore expressing

delights for the reprieve given them.

One of them, Mr Salihu Ibrahim Obaro said

he had foreknowledge of the foundation’s

charitable activities, but never expected the

tide of such benevolence in his school.

“If somebody out there has such wisdom to

do this, there is no doubt that God has a

future plan for the person. Indeed, some

people had similar intentions, but at the end,

you will not see them. But I am happy today

is a reality. So I pray that the heart desires

of the founder will also come to reality by

God’s grace,” he said.