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From Tony Osauzo, Benin
A member of House of Representatives, Dekeri Anamero, yesterday, counselled that if Nigerians wanted a society that would work for all, such society must be an inclusive society.
He pointed out that it was not the duty of government alone to provide for the people but if the rich can provide for the deprived from the abundance of their blessings, the people would respond and there will be peace and happiness in society.
The lawmaker spoke when his foundation, Anamero Foundation, announced the donation of 500,000 notebooks to be distributed to secondary school students in the three senatorial districts of Edo State as part of his students support programme.
Donating the notebooks in Benin, Anamero, who represents Etsako federal constituency at the National Assembly, said the foundation was set up in 2011 to assist less privileged members of the society.
He explained that he started life from a humble background and that as God was blessing him, he asked his father what he should do with the blessings and his father advised him to invest in what will benefit majority of people, hence the foundation was set up.
He said in the last 11 years, the foundation has been providing over 200,000 notebooks to students in Edo North, supporting vigilance groups with logistics and paying West African Examinations Council (WAEC) enrolment fees for students in the area, adding it paid such fees for 1,170 during the last WAEC enrolment.
Anamero said he decided to extend the notebooks distribution gesture to schools in the three senatorial districts of the state this year and urged those handling the exercise to ensure it gets to every cranny of the state.
Chairman of the Notebooks Distribution Committee, Gentleman Amegor, a lawyer, while commending the lawmaker on behalf of Edo children, announced that 200,000 notebooks would go to students in Edo South; 150,000 to students in Edo North while students in Edo Central would receive 100,000, adding that 50,000 copies of the notebooks would be kept for exigency purposes.
He said the foundation spent N200 million to procure the notebooks.
