HICA trains coordinators in community development
The Haashim Initiative for Community Advancement (HICA) coordinators across the four council areas in Kwara Central were on Tuesday trained in community development and Countryside Emerging Leaders’ Fellows – CELF project.
Highlight of the event, held at Queen Elizabeth schools, include interactive session between HICA delegation and CELF coordinators from Kwara Central zone among which are Sulyman Abdulrasaq (C&S Laduba; Asa), Ajumobi Shehu (Banni Community Secondary School; Ilorin West), Idris Usman (Senior Secondary School, Sentu; Ilorin East), Abdulkareem Aminat (Senior Secondary School, Opolo; Ilorin South), and Tinuoye Oluwakemi (Senior Secondary School, Tepatan; Moro).
Meanwhile, stakeholders in the educational sector has called on Nigerians and corporate bodies in country to support Haashim Initiative for Community Advancement (HICA) in its determination towards promoting functional education among the youths.
In his opening remarks, at the sideline of the training programme, the President of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary School (ANCOPSS), Kwara State, Alhaji Abdullah Toyin described CELF as an educational programme that will transform students from less privileged households in the rural areas.
The ANCOPSS President added that the scope of the programme which focuses on self-development, entrepreneurship as well as community development will address the issue of poverty and illiteracy in the communities.
