Dr Vincent Chidera, a corps member has donated a four-unit toilet facility to the Dakwa community in the FCT to help to address the challenge of open defecation in the area.
Inaugurating the facility on Thursday in Abuja, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC Director-General, commended the corps member for the initiative, while calling on others to emulate the gesture.
Ibrahim said that the construction of the toilet was timely as it would help to prevent so many airborne diseases, more so as Coronavirus ravaged the world.
He also commended the community for not being hostile to the corps member in actualising his dream of bringing the project to limelight for the benefit of all.
“I want to thank the community for giving the corps member the opportunity to provide the project,’’ he said.
On the reopening of the NYSC orientation camp, Ibrahim noted that all guidelines had been put in place to have a hitch-free exercise.
He commended the National Centre for Disease Control and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 for making NYSC a model for others to learn from in the conduct of their activities.
“During this COVID-19 pandemic, we had to suspend mobilisation of corps members. We encouraged our corps members to produce facemasks and other things that will help in preventing the disease,’’ Gen. Ibrahim said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Hajia Walida Isa, NYSC FCT Coordinator, also urged the community to use the toilets for the betterment of all.
“The project is in furtherance of our commitment to providing solutions to societal issues and contributing our quota to community and national development.