As part of his efforts at driving development in his community, His Royal Highness, Mene MSK Nule II, Menebua Bua Baa and paramount ruler of Taabaa community has granted scholarship to some persons in the area.
This is as he has also doled out new year packages to selected widows from Bua Baa and other communities across Nyo-Khana Kingdom of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Mene Nule who made the presentation during a get-together organised for traditional rulers from Barasi Taabaa, Bua Baa and Nyo-Khana District said the gesture is his own way of reaching out to the less privileged in the kingdom.
The monarch who said he has been into charity for over fourteen years now, called on well-to-do persons from the area to support the community by reaching out to persons below them and also help to lift others for the overall benefit of the kingdom.
”I have been doing scholarship for a very long time. This year is making it fourteen years of my little charity, my little way of reaching out to others. They have just benefitted from my NGO, scholarship that I will take care of everything about them, the ones that want to further their education, I will make sure that I see them through their school, the ones that want to learn a skill, God giving me the strength, I will make sure that I see them through their years of training. I have been doing it. It’s part of me.
”My advice is that every Nyo-Khana man should learn how to give to each other. The act of charity is biblical and that’s the only way God can reward us because when you give, God will bless you, so we should learn how to give and attract God’s blessings, ” he advised.
He called on people of the area to eschew greed and be their brothers’ keepers.
Speaking on the significance of the get-together, Mene Nule who also is the acting chairman of Nyo-Khana Council of Traditional Rulers said the event is to thank God for a successful year and to chart the way foward for a brighter Nyo-Khana Kingdom.
”We are doing a simple traditional get-together of the traditional rulers from Barasi Taabaa, Bua Baa and Nyo-Khana at large. Amongst us too are widows selected from three communities of Barasi Taabaa, Nyokuru and Nuangha. It’s a day that we have put together to celebrate our achievements of last year.
”The significance of the celebration is that we have learnt that the work of charity is an important thing in life. You don’t need to gather the whole world before you can reach out to others. That’s exactly what we are showing here today,” he added.
Also speaking, Chief Prosper Pyagbara Goteh Nee-ue, the Mene- Asaan of Taabaa community said the event is significant because it affords them the opportunity to celebrate their victory over the several crisis that rocked the community.
”There has been challenges in previous years including court cases and to the glory of God, we have remained victorious and so this is like a thanksgiving session for us,” he said.
He commended the leadership of Mene MSK Nule for his benevolence to the people of his domain.
He further charged the people of Taabaa to work collectively for the growth of the area.
On his part, Elder Prince Neekpoa Bie, Central Community Development Committee Chairman of Barasi Taabaa, commended Mene Nule for ensuring peace in the area.
He charged youths of the area to be peaceful, assuring that the government and leadership of the community have them at heart.
