A Bauchi based civil society organisation, known as Attah Sisters Helping Hand (ASHH) Foundation, has recognised and rewarded three of its staff with plots of land as an appreciation for their hard work and dedication towards the development of the organisation.
The documents of the land were handed over to the beneficiaries in a brief ceremony held at the office of ASHH Foundation recently in Bauchi.
The Executive Director of ASHH Foundation, Comfort Ene Attah, while congratulating the beneficiaries, said the gesture is the Foundation’s little way of appreciating excellence amongst its staff.
She called on the beneficiaries of the plots of land to redouble their efforts in promoting ASHH Foundation to higher level of success in the coming years. And also urged other staff of the organisation to emulate the beneficiaries zeal and commitment in carrying out tasks assigned to them.
“I want to say without any fear of contradiction that dedication and hard work do not hide. If you do your task with zeal, passion and commitment, it shows, even when no one is watching.
“As you put in your best for the growth of ASHH Foundation, just know that it is not the organisation alone that thrives, you also thrive through self building in the process”.
Ene Attah used the occasion to explain that ASHH Foundation started with nothing in its account. She thanked God that the money used for the purchase of the plots of land was proceeds from a rice farm investment made by the ASHH Foundation three years ago.
She further said that with determination, hard work and perseverance, the organisation has recorded an appreciable level of success amongst its peers. It has erected its office structure and also strengthened its organisational structure through implementation of donor funded projects and activities, recruitment and mentoring volunteers.
The staff that were rewarded with the parcels of land within Rafin Tambari area within the state capital include: Kingsley Yalling, Programme Manager , Victor Ekunode, Manager, Finance and Sule Joseph Onuche, M&E Manager while Rita Samuel, M&E Assistant will be given cash.
Appreciating the management of ASHH Foundation on behalf of the beneficiaries, Programme Manager, Kingsley Yalling, said that in their wildest dreams they never thought that a day like this would come where such honour and recognition would be accorded to them.
He said that such reward is rare amongst CSOs and that it will spur them for more productivity in the coming years.
He also appreciated other staff of the foundation, pointing out that, “without our collective efforts, the successes being recorded by ASHH Foundation could not have been possible”.
The NIGERIA STANDARD reports that there were goodwill messages from other CSOs, congratulating the beneficiaries and commending ASHH Foundation for the initiative. They therefore called on sister organisations to emulate the good gesture of ASHH.
