BY: OLAPEJU OLUBI
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) has inaugurated two boreholes to five primary school at ewutuntun and Mafoluku communities of Lagos State as part of it Corporate Social Responsibility.
Group Managing Director of NAHCO, Indranil Gupta in a statement said the borehole project is one that would provide water for the pupils in the schools and those who will come after them.
He explained that before NAHCO’s intervention, pupils at the two locations where a total of five schools were located had always needed to go out of the school premises hunting for water from neighbouring houses during school hours, saying the absence of water had also made maintenance of hygiene difficult in the schools.
Gupta noted that NAHCO is fully committed to supporting the government through its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
The NAHCO boss advised stakeholders to come together to support the government in achieving the dream of providing a better future for the children, adding that it is the duty of the community to raise children and not just the family.
The borehole projects in the two communities has received wide commendation from the beneficiaries and the Lagos Local Education Authorities.
While appreciating NAHCO for coming through for the school children, the Head of Mobilization at the Local Government Education Authority, Mrs. Florence Aderemi said the presence of the borehole facilities would lead to an increase in enrolment and retention of children in the schools.
She pointed out that it had always been a painful experience for her seeing the school children going out of school premises in search of water.
Aderemi thanked NAHCO for the assistance to the schools while praying for the continued progress of the Company.
Also, a former Headteacher, State Primary School, Ewutuntun, Mrs. Nwafor, was full of gratitude to nahco aviance has she related how tough it had been for the school to cope without water and how all efforts to get the problem resolved proved abortive.
On her part, the Head Teacher of the Ewu Primary School, Mrs. Victoria Adeyemi, was emotional as she danced during the commissioning for the timely intervention by nahco aviance.
The Company also provided generating sets to power the boreholes.
Clean Water and Sanitation is one of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recognizing the need to address this vital requirement in the community, NAHCO took the initiative to install borehole facilities in the schools.
These boreholes will provide potable and safe water, ensuring that the pupils and staff have access to clean water for drinking, sanitation, and other essential need.
- The CSR initiative is one of the several ways in which NAHCO, impacts the lives of the communities where it operates. Similar interventions had been made in the past in locations such as Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano.
