In a bid to sensitize the Secondary School students in Nigeria on certain important aspects of the Law in the society, the Law Students Association of Nigeria reached out to 16,330 secondary school students in the South-East.

The students were taught about their fundamental human rights and their obligations as citizens of Nigeria. The report of the outreach was made available to TheNigeraLawyer (TNL) by Victor Okoli, the LAWSAN South-East zonal Directorate of Policies.

Below are the details of the report:

History is made when bounds are broken and unimaginable heights are attained. This was the case on the 29th day of November, 2019. On this historic day, the South-East zonal Directorate of Policies, Programs and Projects of the Law Students’ Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) under the leadership of Victor Ezesinachi Okoli organized a massive outreach tagged “LAWSAN Goes To School” which is in line with the vision of the National President Sen. Emmanuel Eze Nwobodo who Is unflinchingly committed to adding value.

The theme of this outreach was “What the Law is and what the Law is not… bringing the Law home.” The aim of the outreach was to create awareness among Secondary School students in the South East on certain important aspects of the Law in society. The students were taught their basic rights as citizens of Nigeria, the limitations of these rights and also, their duties and obligations as citizens of the country.

The outreach was organized in 36 secondary schools across the South-East zone, and with the help of 553 volunteers, this value train reached 16,330 secondary school students in the South-East zone.

Below is the report of the outreach:

ENUGU STATE.
Number Of Secondary Schools Reached: 10

Number of Volunteers: 140

Total number of students reached: 5644

Breakdown of schools and number of students

Mea Mater Secondary School: 501
Government Technical College: 249
Good Shepherd secondary school: 301
University Of Nigeria Enugu campus secondary school.
Number of Students: 355

Queens college Enugu.
Number of Students: 698

Federal Government College, Enugu.
Number of Students: 1005
Lady Ibiam secondary school.
Number of Students: 139

College Of Immaculate Conception, Enugu.
Number of Students: 1401

Godfrey Okoye Secondary School
Nunber of Students: 290

Holy Rosary College
Number of students: 705

EBONYI STATE
Total Number of Volunteers: 150

Number of Schools Reached : 7

Total Number of Students Reached: 4,940.

Breakdown

Annunciation Secondary school, Abakaliki
Number of Students: 1012

Holy Ghost Secondary School, Abakaliki.
Number of Students: 807

Our Lady Secondary school,
Number of Students: 250

Federal Government Girls College, Ezamgbo.
Number of Students: 1200

Great Minds Academy, Abakiliki.
Number of Students: 410

Glory Land Azugo, Abakiliki.
Number of Students: 511

Ebonyi State University Secondary School
Number of Students: 750

IMO STATE
Number of Volunteers: 60

Number of Schools Reached: 5

Total Number of Students reached: 3971

Breakdown

Light house Secondary school.
Number of Students: 550

Government Secondary school Owerri.
Number of Students: 1200

Holy Rosary Secondary school.
Number of Students: 800

Owerri Girls Secondary school.
Number of Students: 615

Owerri City College.
Number of students: 806

ANAMBRA STATE
Number of Volunteers: 70

Number of Schools reached: 4

Total Number of Students reached: 1000

Breakdown

School of Masters, Awka.
Number of Students: 150

GHA, Awka.
Number of Students: 50

Lucy Secondary School, Awka.
Number of Students: 300

Unizik High School.
Number of Students: 500

ABIA STATE
Number of Volunteers: 133

Number of Schools reached: 10

Total number of Students reached: 1075

Breakdown

Ninland Demonstration Secondary School.
Number of Students: 100

Ogbor Community Secondary School.
Number of Students: 60

Donsylvia Schools.
Number of Students: 100

Mayfair Academy.
Number of Students: 200

Williams Memorial Secondary School.
Number of Students: 120

Intellectual Giants Christian Academy.
Number of Students: 120

Margaret High School.
Number of Students: 100

Paul’s Academy.
Number of Students: 150

Christland Mission Secondary School.
Number of Students: 75

Shining Lord’s Kid’s Academy.
Number of Students: 50

Summarily, as a zone the statistics of the outreach is as follows:

Total Number of Volunteers: 553

Total Number of Schools Reached: 36

Total Number of Students reached: 16,330

The success of this outreach is a fulfillment of the association’s commitment to societal development, value creation and impacting lives. The Zonal Directorate was greatly supported by the highly esteemed National Director of the Directorate of Policies, Programs and Projects, Umoh Edet and the President of the Law Students’ Association of Nigeria, Sen. Enmanuel Eze Nwobodo under whose administration this great feat was attained.

Once again, LAWSAN has made history through this outreach and promises to do more. The Association believes in the mantra “Value for Value” and relentlessly, it promises to drive this value train to the lengths of Nigeria, Africa and across the globe.
LAWSAN!!