Hajiya Lauratu Ado Diso recently retired from civil service with kano state government as permanent secretary. In this interview with our correspondent JABIRU HASSAN, Lauratu disclosed that she is now available to concentrate with her orphanage care programmes adding that taking good care of orphans would be her next project, Excerpts:
By Jabiru Hassan kano.
You have recently retired from a civil service as permanent secretary with Kano state government, what would be your next programme since you have retired?
Lauratu: my ambition is to concentrate on my humanitarian programmes especially taking care of orphans and less privileged under my NGO in my locality because as a mother, my ambition is to leave a legacy on human progression based on what I am planning.
Did you have any experience in humanitarian aid?
Lauratu: my career is teaching and managing educational system but i develop interest towards assisting the less privileged persons especially young ones who cannot afford to support their education which i felt very disturbing that is why i established an NGO known as “Goyi Maraya Orphans Support initiative” in order to put a smile on orphans that are destined to have our support.
I am now less busy because I have retired and my next project is to restore my NGO to be able to assist from the little we may have because assisting the needy is a task for every well meaning citizen no matter how he earns.
Did you have any link with other NGOs in Nigeria or abroad that supports your ambitions?.
Lauratu: initially we don’t have any relationship with any NGO but what we planned is to make consultations with some of the organisations that are always loo,ing for partnership, but at present i am confident that we would succeed.
You have recently retired from working with kano state government, how did you cope with many obstacles during your time as civil servant?
Lauratu: This is a very impor6 question, and certainly there are so many challenges in working either with government or private organisation but to me, with God I have overcome the relevant issues that became a threat to me since from my time as a classroom teacher to the day I retired as permanent secretary.
Can you briefly speak on how you rose from a classroom teacher to the permanent secretary?
Lauratu: Although there is no time to narrate all the ordeal, but I am happy to inform the readers that I was a classroom teacher to vice principal and elevated as a principal at different girls colleges. I was taken from one place to another like Danzomo, Gezawa, Yar Gaya, GGC Dala, GGASS Dambatta, GGASS Goron Dutse, transfered back to Dala and promoted to permanent secretary ministry of education then retired as permanent secretary ministry of budget and planning.
From all these adventures, how did you come up with establishing an NGO despite that you don’t have enough funds to manage the organisation?
Lauratu: you know that whenever you decided to bring out something important to the people, you may experience more channels that can be followed to actualize the proposal. So with what I am earning from my monthly salary, i have done many humanitarian assistance to many orphans who I am taking care of. But it is known that humanitarian activities needs funds especially at present when the livelihood is getting tough.
What is your plan to ensure that you have the opportunity to make more human development programmes?
Lauratu: It is now that we would make some decisions for the actualization of our mission to assist the innocent orphans that are really looking for assistance in every sector.
What is your message to our wealthy people about joining hands with local NGOs in assisting the less previledges?
Lauratu: I am calling to NGOs that are more equipped than the beginners to kindly partner us so as to get full machinery of achieving our goals. And in the near future, we would soon let the general public understands more of our plans and how we assist the less privileged person.
Thank you for having a time with one of the Nigeria’s best Newspaper.
Thank you very much and we found Standard Times very attractive and without bias. We would continue as partners in progress.
