Maduako igbokwe l Friday, February 12, 2021
ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – A Corps member serving in Anambra state Miss. Badewa Adesola Oluwatoyin has renovated a block of dilapidated toilets at the Community Secondary School, Umuoamaku, Orumba South local government area of the state .
She said she was shocked that the toilet in the school was so bad and teachers and students were still making use of them.
“I had only spent a few weeks at the school and had been eating something that was reacting bad to my system and causing me running stomach. I was making use of the toilet and anytime I visit the toilet I was sad “she said .
She said she was shocked to find out that the convenience in the school was in a deplorable state.
” I was spurred by the near embarrassment I got while making use of the toilet and I decided to undertake the project” she said . Speaking at the event , the Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Anambra State, Mr Kehinde Aremu commended Badewa Adesola Oluwatoyin for undertaking such a laudable project in the school.
Aremu, who was represented by the Assistant Director, Community Development Service, Mrs Bernadette Nwokeke stated that corps members in the state have contributed immensely to the development of their host communities over the years .
He also urged the stakeholders in the communities to encourage corps members through donations of materials for the provision of felt needs in their host communities.
In a goodwill message, the Chairman, Orumba South LGA, Chief C.Y Okereke, who was represented by one of his aides , Mr Anayo Ibekwe thanked the Corps member for her determination to complete the project despite the hardship occasioned by COVID 19 and its attending consequences.