Why I built Library for Ebonyi INEC- NYSC Member

A Batch ‘B’ corps member serving with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ebonyi State, Mr. Omolekan Oluwole, has donated a mini-library equipped with research materials to the state headquarters of the commission in Abakaliki.

The project was part of his Community Development Service (CDS), which according to him, “is one of the integral parts of the four-cardinal programme of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).”

Oluwole, during the inauguration and handing over of the library said after critically observing the challenges faced by the workers of the commission in accessing relevant information, he saw the need to establish a mini-library. He added that he was motivated to embark on the project following the go-ahead order given to him by the NYSC and the commission.

He noted that the library would serve the inquiry and learning needs of the commission as well as building knowledge and confidence in seeking and processing information among the workers, adding that it would also help to promote the staff outward thinking and positive mental reasoning and perception.

He maintained that service year was not a period for merriment, but a time to make sacrifices for community development and charged other corps members to put in their best during the service year.

Unveiling the mini-library equipped with book shelves, plastic chairs, reading tables, relevant books, manuals, journals/magazines, Oluwole said it was his personal contribution to the development of the INEC and the entire community and charged the commission to take further steps to expand the library.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr. Lawrence Azubuike, thanked Oluwole for coming to their rescue, just as he recalled how the commission existed for years without a place where workers could access information.

The REC represented by the Head of Department, General Administration and Procurement, Dr. S. Johnson, described the corps member as humble and hard-working and urged his colleagues to emulate him.

He noted that INEC and NYSC had maintained synergy for years just as he paid tribute to the corps members for the success recorded in the just concluded general elections, describing youth corps members as indispensable tool in Nigeria’s electoral process.

The state NYSC Coordinator, Mrs E.G. Mbachi, noted that the purpose of establishing the NYSC has been achieved through the likes of Oluwole and urged his colleagues to emulate him by embarking on more projects in their various places of primary assignment.   Represented by the Zonal Inspector, Abakaliki, Mr E.J. Isau, she described NYCS as “a wonderful initiative that has brought national integration to the country.”

Source: Daily Sun

 

 

 

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