NASFAT gives account of stewardship, to execute more projects

The Nasrul-lahi-L-Faith Society Nigeria (NASFAT) gave an account of its public service on Sunday, while also planning new projects.

This was done by the Muslim civil society group at its 2021 6th Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Lagos Airport Hotel in Lagos, informing the public of its accomplishments and prospects.

According to the organization, funds raised by members in the form of donations, grants, and dues were used to fund various humanitarian projects in the country.

Mr Olaniyi Mumini-Yusuf, National President of NASFAT, said in his speech at the event that it had been 26 months since the inauguration of his executives, who had promised to do more with less resources.

Mumini-Yusuf thanked members for their contributions, which enabled the organization to provide a relief package worth N69.6 million to 23,216 households across 252 locations in the country during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown.

He stated that the pandemic necessitated the organization’s health talk campaign in order to keep the public informed about ways to prevent its spread.

According to him, the organization has also begun to provide treatments and screenings for dental, eye, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis.

“Our medical centers are equipped with modern facilities that are also functional, which drew the approval of the Osun State Health Insurance Scheme to accredit NASFAT Medical Centre Osogbo to provide health services to the public.”

“In education, the body has facilitated a series of train-the-trainers schemes with no less than 53 teachers and volunteer beneficiaries, in addition to educational competitions, Arabic and Qur’an quiz competitions, during the period under review.”

“We kept free external examination coaching classes like JAMB in our various learning centers, subsidized the purchase of JAMB forms for members, and kept an undergraduate scholarship scheme at both Fountain University and others,” he said.

The president requested more financial assistance so that the body could provide other services to the people.

He noted that the group’s Orphans Support Scheme, which is coordinated by its Children Affairs Committee, has continued to provide education assistance to youths up to the university level.

He appealed to the faithful for funds to build more schools to supplement the body’s eight secondary and 26 primary schools and provide more opportunities for children.