CSR: P.D Pius & Associates awards scholarships to students, over 100 Gets Free Medicals

Over a hundred persons got free medical examination with a number of students awarded scholarships at the annual P.D Pius & Associates Community Development programme.

The 5th P.D Community Development Service which was held in conjunction with General Hospital Zing took place on the 28th day of December 2019 at Zing, Taraba State, Nigeria. 

Danba Pius, the Founding Associate of P. D. Pius & Associates in a Press statement says the programme is a charity programme of their law firm which holds every year.

According to Danba Pius, the objectives of the corporate social responsibility of the program to include offering free legal clinics, building the capacity of the local population, advocating for a healthy lifestyle, promoting the quest for educational excellence and raising entrepreneurs that will create jobs.

“Over the years and in previous editions, we have offered free legal clinic to hundreds of people, free medical test to hundreds of people and organized Essay competition among all the secondary schools in Zing, Taraba State and offered a scholarship to selected students,” Pius added

Among the innovations in the 5th Edition of the programme, Pius, was the launching of the first PD Law Metre 1.0 which was administered to 342 persons who were in attendance.

Pius explained that: “The PD Law Metre is the innovation of the P. D. Pius & Associate Law firm to check the legal status of individuals. This was deployed free of charge with a promise to lunch the 2.0 version in the next edition.”

“100 persons also benefited from the medical test until we ran out of test strips. We, however, promised to seek partnership and deploy more test strips in the next edition. Beneficiaries of the medical test will also have their medical bills settled by the law firm in partnership with General Hospital Zing.

“In terms of the essay competition, all the participants of the essay competition received various awards for participation. The overall best three (3) students were offered a scholarship.”

An enthusiastic Pius concluded that the event was a huge success with many people testifying that they have benefited immensely.

Speakers at the event include P. D. Pius, Esq., G. E. Bandodo, Esq., Amos Lanung, Felix Pascal Pulevo, Asso. Prof. Jerome Nyame among others.

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