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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