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  • Corps member honoured for donating borehole, library

    Corps member honoured for donating borehole, library

    A National Youth Corps member Okeke Stanley Chima has been conferred with the chieftaincy title of Ozo Ogbenye 1 of Igbudu-Ekka community for sinking a borehole in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

    Chima also stocked a library at the Community Secondary School, Nkomoro in the council.

    Chima said the projects were part of his Community Development Service (CDS), a core part of the NYSC.

    He said the initiative was informed by a need to solve a problem as he saw it upon his posting to the community. Chima said the need became an obligation considering that  he was accepted and cared for by the people.

    He added that the only way he thought he could impact on their lives was through such projects.

    He urged the benefit-ting communities to continue to extend the same hospitality showed him to other Corps members that would be posted to the area.

    Daisy Girl Foundation, a Lagos-based non-governmental organi-sation whose cardinal objective is to support the development of future national and world leaders, sponsored the two projects.

    Mrs Marilyn Maduka, the founder of the foundation said they identified with the Corps member  because his CDS initiatives were in tandem with the core objective of the foundation.

    She said the foundation was interested in developing education and values especially in the girl-child in Nigeria and beyond.

    She urged the communities to make use of the projects as the foundation would visit in near future to inspect and  do more projects for them if they could maintain the existing ones.

    In their remarks on behalf of Igbudu Ekka, the community Head, Mr Ogbaigbo Emmanuel Ugbala and the youth President, Ogwale Matthew who lauded Corps member and the  Foundation said the new borehole has ended the scarcity of water hitherto facing the community.

    They said the project was going to unite the people more and prayed God to reimburse them in double fold.

    The Principal of community Secondary School (CSS) Nkomoro, Mr Ugama C. C, who commended the Corps member and the foundation said the library was the first of its kind since the establishment of the school in over two decades.

    He said the Library would inculcate reading culture in the students and pledged to ensure judicious use of the library.

    The member representing Ohaozara East state constituency, Hon. Augusta Udeh who commissioned the projects said he was impressed to be associated with such laudable achievement and thanked the Corps member and the Foundation for the humanitarian services.

    Hon. Udeh appealed to the community not to discriminate among themselves on the use of the borehole just as she admonished the students and teachers of CSS Nkomoro to make proper use of the Library.

    The state Coordinator of NYSC in Ebonyi state who was represented by Mr Kingsley Ndukwe commended the Corps member for the initiative and urged other corps members to emulate him.

    Highlight of the event was the distribution of items such as clothes, beverages, shoes, cream, etc to widows and other villagers by Daisy Girl Foundation.

     

  • Lagos set for action against indiscriminate borehole drilling

    Lagos set for action against indiscriminate borehole drilling

    Unless urgent steps are taken, Lagos State may run short of fresh water, experts have said. They say there is a serious threat of its water being polluted by sea water. The situation, the experts warned, could further be compounded as a result of indiscriminate drilling of boreholes littering the littoral state.

    Speaking at a two-day retreat organised for stakeholders in water business in Lagos, the Executive Secretary, Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LSWRC), Mr Kabir Abdullahi, siad: “Lagos is surrounded by salt water and we are currently experiencing salt intrusion into the fresh water bodies because of this illegal drilling. If this continues, it means the fresh water that we have, especially in Lekki axis, will be destroyed and we must arrest such development.”

    The theme of the retreat was: “Lagos State Ground Water Quality Control Regulation”.

    Consequently, the Commission has begun the registration of borehole drillers. This, Abdullahi explained, is to put a stop to the indiscriminate and shoddy drilling of boreholes by quacks. For instance, he observed that several boreholes are dug at a spot which may be close to cesspit and the sewage from such has been found to contaminate the water supply of many homes and communities. For him, this is the time to fully implement the Lagos Water Law of 2004 considering that it has passed through 10 years of testing.

    Abdullahi, in a chat with The Nation said the Commission will soon embark on a survey of existing boreholes in the state to ascertain their state and water quality from them. Those that fall below standard, he assured, would be decommissioned.

    While commending  the Commission for the retreat, the National President, Association of Waterwell Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP), Mr. Michael Ale, said the state has taken the lead among its peers in implementing a code of drilling. The initiative, Ale noted, would further help to prevent disasters such as earthquakes and outbreak of epidemic such as cholera in the state and the country at large.

    Consultant hydrologist to the LSWRC, Dr. Akomeno Oteri, explained that just as all legal drilling of crude oil was registered with the Federal Government, all borehole drilling activities also would be registered with the state government.

    At the end of the retreat, a communique was signed by all the stakeholders. Included in the communique were that steps must be taken to checkmate and regulate indiscriminate drilling activities by unlicenced, unprofessional drillers; haphazard water abstraction without recourse to the condition of the aquifer and water table; pollution of the ground water leading to increase in cases of water borne disease; and effect of climate change on the ground water.

  • Corps member donates e-library, borehole to host community

    Corps member donates e-library, borehole to host community

    A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Sukurat Yusuf, has donated a borehole and e-library to her host community and place of primary assignment.

    The borehole, donated to Ungwar Gayam community, cost about N620,000 and was solely sponsored by the council, while the e-library built in Al-Iman School on Shandam Road was jointly sponsored by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Sulaiman Dikko and Mr. Muhammad Abubakar Liman, House of Representatives member in Lafia Central Constituency.

    At the commissioning of the projects, the NYSC Assistant State Director, Greg Anyia, said the Corps member’s gesture to her host community would forever be remembered.

    He said: “This lady has not only executed a laudable project in her host community, she has also lifted humanity by her action. She has contributed immensely to education and helped pupils of the school to have access to information online. By her action, she has proffered solution to the yearnings of residents, who daily suffer to get potable water.”

    The NYSC Lafia Zonal Inspector, Mr Felix Tomori, applauded the Corps member for the initiative, urging the beneficiary community to properly maintain the facility.

    He said: “Sukurat has chosen Lafia to be her second home and she has shown this through her life-changing projects,” he said.

    Abdullahi Usman, Secretary to the Local Government, who represented the council boss, promised that the council would not stop assisting Corps members in carrying out their personal projects. He said such would strengthen relationship between NYSC members and their host communities.

    The community head, Aliyu Sanda Gayam, said the Corps member had solved one of the greatest challenges facing the community. He said: “Hajia Sukurat has quenched our thirst and I pray to God to solve her own challenges, protect her and always grant her heart desire.”

    While expressing joy for successful completion of the projects, Sukurat said she felt the urge to help the community get access to potable water due to her passion to assist people in solving problems.

    She said: “I have the passion for community development and to help human satisfy their basic needs. This is what prompted me to embark on the two projects. Water is essential to life and I observe that the major problem in the community is lack of access to potable water. This is why I pooled resources together to sink the borehole.”

    On why she donated the e-library, she said: “I noticed that the pupils and teachers of the school lacked access to information. I promised to intervene to enhance the teaching and learning and to also boost reading habits in the pupils.”

    At the commissioning of the projects included councillor representing Gayam Ward, Hon. Muhammad Alhaji, principal and staff of Al-Iman School and NYSC officials.

  • LSWRC begins licensing of borehole drillers

    Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LSWRC) is set to commence the licensing of all borehole drillers in the state according to the guidelines for drinking water quality regulations as scheduled for the last quarter of this year.

    Its Executive Secretary, Mr. Ahmed Abdullahi, spoke during the inaugural meeting held with members of the Association of Water, Well Drilling, Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP) in his office, last week.

    According to him, there is need to have a database of all borehole drillers within the state, in order to intimate them of the content of the regulations guiding the state water sector, and also ensure that those engaging in the act of borehole drilling are professionals. While the government is ready to implement the water sector law to the letter, it would first create sufficient awareness and enlightenment for all stakeholders to understand its implementation process as ignorance of the law would not be an excuse once enforcement commences.

    He disclosed that a 100 – man team would be set up to register and conduct free water quality tests on all boreholes in the state and any information gathered from the exercise would be imputed into the Commission’s database. He also said all existing boreholes would be regularised and subjected to periodic checks to curb the occurrence of water borne diseases.

    Admonishing the association to look into the development of its members as a way of curtailing the activities of quacks within the industry, he appealed for the co-operation and vigilance of the association and its members and urged them to cooperate with the State Government by providing technical expertise to fix water related problems where they exist and make positive impact in the state.

    Abdullahi urged the Association to register as a recognised body for the development of AWDROP, stating that the people of Lagos State will benefit immensely if members operated as professionals.

    National President, AWDROP, Mr. Michael Ale, expressed satisfaction with the plans of the government in licensing all drillers, saying it is in the best interest of the drillers to operate with decorum and professionalism. He promised that the association would cooperate with the state government on the exercise.

    Water Sector Law was promulgated in 2004, to protect the long term interests of consumers with regard to the quality, price and reliability of services received from service providers whether government or private owned.

  • Photo : Borehole for Sokoto residents

    Photo : Borehole for Sokoto residents

  • Borehole for school

    MEMBERS of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai chapter of the National Association of Niger State Students (NANIS) have pooled resources to sink a borehole in Kobo campus.

    The borehole is the first major developmental project embarked upon by the association since its inception. It was  sunk to alleviate  students’ water challenge.

    Students hailed the project, describing it as selfless gesture. Amina Lawal, a 200-Level Science Education student, said water shortage had been a challenge in the school since it was established. She said the borehole would lessen the burden of students in getting water.

    Isaiah Iliya, a 100-Level Sports Science student, said: “I am very proud of NANIS for embarking on the borehole project. I just hope others would see this as an example of the things they should be doing to complement the management’s effort to provide basic amenities.”

    Habiba Abdulmalik, Vice President of the association, who spoke to CAMPUSLIFE on behalf of the president, Ahmed Abdullahi, praised the management for supporting the association’s move.

    She said: “We came up with the idea of the borehole and we wrote to the authority for a place to sink it. Since there is a borehole in permanent site, which was provided by the Students’ Union Government (SUG), we thought the Kobo campus should have one too.” She promised the association would do more to leave a lasting legacy.

  • Rotary donates borehole, toilets

    Rotary donates borehole, toilets

    The Rotary Club of Abuja District 9125 has donated a borehole and seven units of ultra-modern water system toilets to the LEA Primary School, TundunMaje.

    The club made the donation during a visit to the institution as part of its 2014/2015 rotary year achievement at the school premises in Abuja.

    Rotary club is an international organisation of different professionals such as engineers, medical doctors, pharmacist among other groups whose passion is to render humanitarian services.

    Rotary District Governor, Tolu Omatsola said, during the donation that the effort was in alignment with the year Water and Sanitation, Disease Prevention and Treatment Resolution for the year.

    Omatsola disclosed that with the facilities, staff of the school, teachers and pupils can live healthier life with the advantage of keeping their hands clean.

    “Students and teachers now have the privilege of easing themselves in the comfort of their school premises. We have donated drugs to hospitals and supported widows.

    “We provided full health insurance for 1, 600 urban poor and indigent persons in Lugbe community, FCT including pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under the age of 5, elders and orphan,” he said.

    The Rotarian added that the projects were solely funded by members of the club in Abuja without government intervention.

    He urged management of the school to take ownership of the two projects and ensure they are adequately put to use.

    President, Rotary District, Abuja, Bar. Ezenwa Anummu commended donors for their supports.

    He urged teachers to intensify their efforts to educating the pupils.

    Earlier, LEA Head Teacher, Mrs. Ugwuanyi Christiana said the club, on 28th May, 2014 had donated 100 pupils’ furniture including a renovated block of two classrooms.

    She commended the Rotary club for supporting the school with additional water and modern toilet facilities.

    “We are here today to praise and glorify rotary club of Abuja for its achievement in the 2013/2014 rotary year, but for its current feat and achievements in the 2014/2015 rotary year. Apart from the sinking of a standard borehole to provide portable drinking for pupils and staff of

    the primary school, it had also constructed a set of seven units of modern water system toilet which is being commissioned today,” she said.

    According to her, Rotary Club which assists any government in power is rare in the country.

    She urged other humanitarian organisations to imbibe the generous gesture.

  • Community gets borehole

    The Strong Tower Zone of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has sunk a water borehole in Buzukure community in Kuje area council to reduce the residents water challenges.

    In his remarks during the commissioning of the borehole, the Assistant Pastor of Province 7, Adebisi Kolawale, Pastor in Charge of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), said the donation was in line with the church General Overseer’s vision of helping host communities in meeting their physical.

    Kolawale said, “Our general overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, some years back, felt it is not good for the church to be preaching the gospel and winning souls when there are pressing needs in the community that are not met.

    “He noted that if the church can go a little bit further by providing physical needs to benefit the community, where the church is domiciled, it will be of tremendous benefit. That was what brought up the idea of CSR.

    “Our father in the Lord has made it mandatory that everywhere we go the people in our community, we must have something to benefit from the church and that is one of the goals we have pursued in FCT Province 7, under the supervision of Pastor Matthew Sule, who is the Provincial Pastor of the province.”

    In his remarks, the pastor in charge of Strong Tower Zone, Chucks Ojeifo, said the church decide to sink a borehole for the community because it identified a genuine need for borehole by residents.

  • Borehole rehabilitation in Katsina

    Borehole rehabilitation in Katsina

  • Borehole for Edo’s 104-year-old prison

    A philanthropist and aspirant to the House of Representative on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Deacon Sergius Oseasochie, has built a borehole for management of Ubiaja Prisons, Ubiaja in Esan South East Local Government Area.

    The prison was first built in 1910 and according to the Prison head, DCP Iroegbu Mike, all the facilities and infrastructures have been over-stretched and inadequate to cater for the prison inmates, who hitherto had to ration water for use due to water crisis in the area.

    Deacon Ogun, who is seeking to represent Esan North East/Esan South East at the National Assembly, said he never wanted to publicize the borehole donation but was prevailed upon by the prison authorities so that other individuals could do the same for institutions in need of help.

    Ogun promised to add a power generating set to the facilities and urged the prison management to make good use of the borehole.

    The borehole was donated through the Sergius Oseasochie Ogun Foundation, an organisation through which the aspirant has provided scholarship to many indigent students in the locality.

    Ogun said the borehole was built to fulfill the promise he made when he earlier visited the prison to donate assorted items to the inmates during last Easter celebration.