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Today, we celebrate an ex NYSC corp member, Evelyn Oghenefegor Ikogba; who through sheer will and determination renovated the Borstal juvenile correctional institute in Kaduna.

She renovated a large and spacious block of the dormitory, which comprises 4 large rooms, 8 toilets, 8 bedrooms, and a soakaway pit.When the 25-year-old was posted to Kaduna state for her compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in November 2019, she saw it as another opportunity to leave her mark in her new environment — and she did.The graduate of mass communication was posted to Invicta 98.9FM in Kaduna as her place of primary assignment (PPA). It was not long after she commenced work at her PPA that the coronavirus pandemic struck, halting activities across the globe including restriction of movement due to the lockdown imposed to combat the spread of the disease.During the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown last year, Ikogba reflected on inmates at juvenile correctional centres in the country who have been stripped of their freedom temporarily to see how she could help them.While researching about the state of juvenile correctional centres in the country, the Borstal juvenile correctional institute in Kaduna caught her attention.To facilitate the project, she came up with a proposal and quickly sourced funds as part of her community development service to renovate hostels at the institute.With sheer determination and a dint of hard work, the dream became a reality eventually.Ikogba renovated a large and spacious block of the dormitory, which comprises 4 large rooms, 8 toilets, 8 bedrooms, and a soakaway pit.According to her, the renovation of the toilets at the institute will help improve the general hygiene of the inmates.

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