By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Hamisu Idris Medugu, a renowned philanthropist in Adamawa Northern Senatorial District has donated a block of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Government Day Secondary School Madagali, which used to be his Alma Mater primary school before it was upgraded to a secondary school in 2009.
Medugu who is aspiring the political seat of the Northern senatorial district of the state told newsmen that he facilitated for an ICT intervention equipment worth over 35 million Naira to the school, but the poor infrastructure facility and limited structures necessitated him to build the block as his goodwill donation to the school.
“When the intervention came of which 40 computers, furniture, servers, and other appliances, we realized none of the school structures will contain them, so I had to build the block from the scratch as my donation,” Idris said.
The senatorial hopeful said he is never relenting in scouting for a lot of intervention programmes for his Alma Mater in the Northern zone.
He emphasized the need for education, especially now that the world is fast becoming a global village through the use of ICT.
According to him, twenty-first-century education has been taken over by computer technology and no child will be able to get a proper education or succeed well academically without being ICT compliant.
He said one of his agendas is embedded in the blueprint of why he wants to be the senator of the five local government areas once ravaged by Boko Haram, where many communities’ socioeconomic status was brought down to nothing by insurgents.
He therefore, set education as a target to restore the glory of the zone.
While calling on well-meaning individuals across the state to lend their hands of support to the less privileged and communities lacking in health and education facilities, he vowed to change the ugly narratives if he has the mandate of the people to go to the National Assembly to protect their interest by speaking, consultation, influencing and sponsoring laws and bills for the development of the area.
Also, Idris revealed that the empowerment program he has scheduled to do shortly will liberate many out of poverty.
