NYSC member installs solar inverters and avenue lights in FCT faculties – – The Eagle On-line
An acting member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Engr. Umar Farouk Ahmad, presented a solar inverter system and street lights that he installed at the Government Secondary Schools (GSS) Jabi and Wuse in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Both the electrical inverter system and the street lights are part of his Community Development Service (CDS) projects.
Farouk Ahmad, a second-class electrical engineering graduate (2: 1) from Bayero University Kano (BUK), is currently working for the leading construction company Julius Berger Limited in Abuja.
Before installing the inverter and the street lighting, Farouk Ahmad initially carried out awareness-raising campaigns on solar power and inverter systems in the two FCT schools. He also trained science students last year to pass O’Level exams and receive scholarships.
The project unveiling ceremony, attended by representatives from NYSC, the FCT Zonal Bureau; Invited dignitaries, the school principal, staff and students of the GSS Jabi, along with journalists, took place on Friday.
The director of GSS, Jabi, Atanze Sani, praised the efforts of Faruk Ahmad while welcoming the guests in the school’s computer room where the inverter system was installed. He said the inverter system would greatly improve teaching and learning in school.
Previously, before the project was commissioned, the NYSC Zonal Coordinator for FCT, Alh. Suleiman Abdul, who was represented by Busayo Yusuf, the Schedule Officer responsible for CDS projects, made his declaration of goodwill.
The NYSC official acknowledged Farouk Ahmad’s hard work, dedication and passion for running the CDS projects, which will impact both the staff and students of the beneficiary schools in a number of ways.
A public relations expert, Mallam Yushau Shuaib, one of the sponsors of the projects, praised the corps member’s eagerness to find solutions to problems.
“Farouk has personally fixed serious electrical and solar power failures on our premises and in the neighborhood on several occasions without taking a penny. So we felt it was appropriate to offer him our support to properly carry out the CDS projects for the benefit of students, schools and society, ”he said.
While thanking his sponsors and guests, the Kano-born corps member said his electric inverter project, which consists of an inverter and two batteries, includes 50 mini-laptops, a desktop computer, two printers, and a projector in the computer room GSS will power Jabi. The safety lights installed at GSS Wuse provide lighting and, at the same time, security at night.
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