New Voices, an initiative of Lions Club International District 404B2 Nigeria, has donated a recycling waste bottle bin and a garden to Lagos State Technical College, Agidingbi, Ikeja.
According to charter president, Alausa SDM Lions Club and Zone A chairperson, Lion Josephine Ngeleh, the giant bottle-shaped bin is to inculcate the culture of proper disposal of waste plastic bottles in the students as well as help them imbibe the culture of waste to wealth.
Ngeleh said the club was also planting 48 edge plants in the school as a way of beautifying and protecting the environment.
District Governor Tolulope Senbanjo said the gesture was in line with Lions Club’s global focus of Environment, adding that it is important to teach the younger generations the culture of waste recycling.
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About the tree planting, he said: “It is to ensure that we protect our environment, encourage more oxygen and ensure that we do not deplete the ozone layer.”
District Governor-Elect, Lion Mrs. Oluwakemi Eribake, who is also a vice principal in the school, said the project is a way of furthering the greener tomorrow campaign and also celebrate Children’s Day.
“Don’t forget that this is a school, so we’re trying to educate the students on how to protect the environment.”
She said New Voices is an initiative of Lions Club International’s first female president in 100 years, Lion Mrs. Gudrun Yngvadottir, and is aimed at balancing the gender imbalance in membership in the club and also give voice to the voiceless such as the youths and women in the society.
A visibly excited Principal of the school, Mrs. Oluwayomi Soyombo, said the gift of the waste bin was timely, as it had been in the plan of the school, adding that it will help the students imbibe the habit of converting waste to wealth.
