By Ogechi Ohaegbulem
The Women Wing of Nsude Development Union (NDU), Lagos Branch on Saturday, October 8 gathered indigenes and friends of Nsude community resident in Lagos to raise the sum of N25m for the funding of some developmental projects in their community back home in Enugu state. The event which took place at the Digital Bridge Institute, Oshodi attracted the cream of the Igbo society.

Looking elegant in their yellow blouses and head ties on their grey wrappers, the women used the occasion to also showcase the richness of the people’s culture and true African womanhood with the determination to impact positively on their community.Giving an insight on the initiative, their chairperson, Mrs. Ngozi Udeh, said that the fund raised would be used to equip the Community Secondary School, Nsude with modern computers and a science laboratory. On that day, the women also launched their 2012 maiden almanac as well as uniform. Mrs Ude who is the Adadioranma of Nsude said the idea was conceived to support their husbands who had also been working hard to bring meaningful development to the community.

“As the saying goes, behind every successful man there is a woman. It was therefore our collective decision that we should not fold our arms and merely watch as spectators while our husbands toil day and night to make Nsude a better place”. She lamented that the Community Secondary School, which most of them passed through had degenerated into a deplorable state and needed the concerted efforts of all to return it to its rightful place.

Her words: “With the fund raised through your kind support, we shall embark on the establishment of an Information Technology Centre (ITC), in the school, with at least 10 computers with internet facilities for the students and even their teachers.” Chairman of the occasion, Sir Samuel Ude, who is Chief Executive Officer of Laudable Insurance Brokers Limitied, expressed joy that the women could conceive such a marvelous idea that would bring development to their community and allow students compete favourably with their peers worldwide.