Riders association rehabilitates Gombe school, donates e-library

A group of bikers known as Jeje Riders Nigeria International (JRNI) has rehabilitated some buildings at Government Day Secondary School,
Orji Estate, Gombe state.

In a statement on Monday, Ibrahim Tizhe Mathew, JRNI’s president, said the association also donated a fully equipped electronic library (e-library) to the school.

Jeje Riders, Nigeria’s foremost international touring bikers, said the rehabilitation project included a class which was converted to an e-library centre; the school administration block and staff room; provision and construction of state of the art 36 student desk and chairs.

Others are provision of 36 new computer systems; provision and installation of 15 solar powered panels with all accessories including cage and gates; and a 6-month training contract for both staff and students.

Matthew said the donation was made recently as part of activities heralding the maiden edition of The Gombe Grand Converge, which was held in the
state recently.

He said that at the heart of Jeje Riders Nigeria’s creed is support for humanity.

“In this regard, we have aligned ourselves with the United Nations in
the pursuit of its shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for mankind and the planet, today and into the future by focusing the little resources we are able to pull together among ourselves to
support the provision of quality education and healthcare for the less
privileged communities and members of society,” Matthew said.

Abdullahi Yuguda Bojude, principal of the school, said: “We really appreciate the Jeje Riders Nigeria for immensely coming to the school’s rescue by carrying out the projects.”

Tijjani St. James, a member of the association, said Gombe was selected for the inaugural e-library donation to honour Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar, the Emir of Gombe and grand Patron of Superbikes Clubs of Nigeria.

According to him, the emir successfully brought together over five hundred bikers from Africa and across the world to Gombe in a four-day series of social networking, action against climate change with the planting of over 10,000 trees, and cultural exchanges among others from June 8 to 12.

St. James said Gombe was also chosen because it is the gateway to north-east, a region “heavily setback in infrastructural development due to years of terrorist attacks and displacement of citizens”.

He said Jeje Riders had earlier, in 2022, donated a block of fully furnished classrooms in Mildlu community of Madagali LGA of Adamawa state.

In the same year, the group took their humanitarian gesture to the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital and Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital all in Kaduna.

They donated high-tech medical equipment worth millions of naira for the treatment of heart conditions.

The group was also in Jigawa state in 2022 to respond to the flood that ravaged the state.