Facebook user, Emeka Nobis, took to his
page to share his inspirational story. Read
below:
“I served my fatherland after
university in Omagwa, Rivers State. I
taught Physics and Mathematics to
SS 3 students of Community
Secondary School, Imogu. That was
where I met Wali Endurance. I passed
out in 2005. He is the kind of student
a teacher would love to have.
Punctual, obedient, and enterprising,
he became a student I loved. He won
my heart when he promised me never
to fall to the temptation of exam
malpractice. Imagine a situation
where your mates were allowed to
cheat because their parents pay
mercenaries or put them into special
rooms. I returned to Omagwa in 2011
to learn that NC couldn’t go to
university because no one could
sponsor his education after the death
of his parents. My wife and I decided
there and then to take on the
responsibility. It wasn’t rosy all
through, having to pay fees, doll out
feeding allowances and monies for
books and others.
I remember selling
my car in 2015 so that I could pay
his fees. I’d been stretched
financially and I couldn’t get loan
from the company where I was
working. The only option left was to
sell the Toyota Camry. When I
resigned from my job, he was a bit
worried. I told him not to bother that
he would finish schooling, even if it
meant working my hands to the
bones. Today, NC joined other
graduands during the convocation
ceremony at University of Port
Harcourt. As we took pictures, drank
and danced, my heart leapt for joy to
see the pride in the eyes of his
siblings and extended family. A few
tears escaped my tear ducts. While
leaving, I left a few words with him,
“Since I’ve helped to light your own
candle, do well to light the candles of
others, even if it is one soul.” I’m
very happy today. God knows I’d love
to be like Bill Gates because when I
hear what he does for humanity
through his philanthropic gestures, I
pray for such.
But I rest in the fact
that I do what I can at my own level
while I depend on God to enlarge my
coast. When we touch hearts around
us in the small ways we can, we
bathe the world with kindness and
peace”.
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