Group distributes food palliatives to UNIZIK students to curb hardship

An advocacy group, Youth Advocate For Peace Justice And Empowerment Network (YAPJEN), over the weekend, gave out food palliatives, worth millions of naira to about one hundred  students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State.

The group said the gesture was to assist the less privilege students of the institution to cushion the effects of the hard times.

Tribune Online gathered that the distribution of the palliatives, which took place at the Faculty of Law of the University, witnessed a large number of students, who expressed happiness over the kind humanitarian gesture of the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), group.

Addressing the students, the President of the group, Ambassador Timothy Nwachukwu, who also launched a platform known as “Touch A Life Campaign,” said the major aim of the group was to touch the lives of students and the needy in society.

He said that the benefiting students were believed to be stranded financially on the campus.

According to him, “Touch A Life Campaign is aimed at reaching out to the society especially needy students across tertiary Institutions and secondary schools, and putting smiles on the face of Students, who are facing difficulties due to the current economic realities in the country.”

He added that the “Campaign is part of the efforts of YAPJEN/EBAM towards the achievement of the United Nations sustainable development goal, which seems to end hunger by 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular, the poor and people in vulnerable situations, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.”

 Nwachukwu, who is also the National President of Ebonyi Ambassadors Movement (EBAM), further appealed to the general public and well meaning individuals in the society to support the efforts of the NGO in reaching directly to young people who are in need.

He restated the commitment of the NGO to reach out to other students across other Institutions as their target is to touch thousands of lives of Students in Nigeria.

Some of the students who benefitted from the gesture, stated that their joy knew no bounds as the campaign came at a time that most of them needed it most, and prayed to God to bless the donor, while calling on the general public to always remember the needy.

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