THE NASFAT Agency for Zakat and Sadaqat (NAZAS), in partnership with Havek Leadership Academy, has trained 15 business owners in its Train-to- Fund Scheme
Rotary Club of Lagos Palmgrove Estate has handed over modern surgical equipment worth $250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars) to Indo Eye Foundation, the caretaker of the biggest Eye Hospital in Africa to carry out cataract surgery in Nigeria.
At the event which took place in the Eye hospital located along Murtala Mohammed International Airport, the President of the Club, Chandra Nalode handed over the equipment to the Project Manager, Indo Eye Foundation, Rotarian Mukesh Bhatt. The surgical equipment was procured with Rotary Global Grant with the support of Rotary Club of Singapore, Rotary District 9110, Rotary District 3310, Rotary District 3110 and Rotary District 1175.
As Rotary International marks its 116 years this week, one of its affiliate clubs, Rotary Club of Akowonjo rolled out the drums on Monday to celebrate her 35 years in the service of humanity.
The well-attended celebration which held at the Lagos Airport Hotel, venue of the club’s weekly fellowship, saw many of the club’s past presidents being honoured and decorated for keeping the club’s flag flying for over three decades.
Speaking passionately at the event, a Charter member, Rotary Past Assistant Governor (Dr.) Olukayode Akinlade, went memory lane and espoused the various sacrifices members have made in ensuring that the club continued to remain relevant in the comity of Rotary clubs worldwide.