This young girl needs help to fund hereducation

19 years-old Augustina Orike from
Omoku in Rivers State is in distress. Her
dream of forging ahead with her
education and hope of a bright future is
being threatened by lack of the required
funds.
As she sat across the table at The Sun
office in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, where
she had come to explain her plight, the
anguish she is presently going through
could not be masked.
Augustina was full of joy few months ago
when she secured admission to study
Computer Science at Delta State
Polytechnic, Ozoro. But the joy is now
short-lived because since August 2014
she has not been able to pay the school
fees and is now faced with the risk of
havig her education dream aborted.
According to her, her parents are
separated and her father whom she
claimed lives in Lagos has abandoned
their mother to cater for the seven of
them. She said her mother cannot raise
the funds and wants good spirited people
to come to her aid.
“My name is Augustine Orike, I am from
Omoku in Rivers State. I am 19-years-
old. I got admission into Delta State
Polytechnic, Ozoro but since the
admission I have not been able to raise
the required funds. My fear is that I might
lose the admission.
“My parents are no longer together. My
father is in Lagos but has refused to cater
for us. My mother is poor and she has
been struggling to take care of six
children and there is no help. We are
seven and some of us are with my mother
and others with my aunt. I am presently
staying with my brother’s wife. The
problem now is that they have threatened
to withdraw the admission because I have
not paid the school fees and other
registration fees. The whole money is
N130,000 but if I can get like N70.000 or
N80,000 to pay the school fees I would be
okay for now. I want to go to school to
secure my future. Please people should
help to realise my goal in life”