In commemoration of the 2023 World Water Day, a Non-Governmental Organisation has commissioned a 12 unit, three-block toilet facility, and three-block classroom for Junior Secondary School, Gwarinpa, Abuja to end open defecation, saying it is a clarion call for other NGOs to participate in nation building.
The Project Director of Sam Empowerment Foundation, Mrs. Kiema Ogunlane, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at the commemoration ceremony of World Water Day, and commissioning of the projects, adding that NGOs need to work hand in hand with the government.
She said government could not do everything for the masses, comparing the statistics of billions in Nigeria with the current budget, “how much money to go around all the basic amenities we need in our schools.
“That’s why we want government support, partners with government agencies and other NGOs also do things like this because it takes nothing to put a smile on children’s faces.
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“This sanitation facility is our latest project and we’re still going to do more. For this year, we commissioned this particular facility to commemorate the world Water Day, which has the theme Accelerating Change.”
She lamented that before now, students indulged in open defecation, adding that these facilities would help girl children not to be absent from school because of their period, and also students going into the push to change and defecate.
Mrs. Ogunlane revealed that through their development partners and the government intervention they were able to accomplish the projects.
Mrs. Zaniab Hassan, the principal of Junior Secondary School, Gwarinpa, Commended the project organized, saying that she was so excited, remembering the first time the Sef director came to the school.
She expressed that the students are overwhelmed, adding that this will help the girl child to stay in the school and learn.
