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SEEPCO Donates 1,180 Water Purifiers To Lagos Community
Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO), last Friday organised an event with the theme, ‘Safe Drinking Water, Healthy Living’ with mothers and children from Otto Community in Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos Sate at Otto Primary School, Ijora-Olopa, Lagos.
This initiative was geared towards ensuring that women in the community have access to sustainable and safe drinking water and a total of 1,180 water purifiers (water guards) were distributed to the community.
Speaking at the event, Executive Director, Distribution Department, Lagos Water Corporation, Lagos State, Mr. Olatunji Saheed said, water is connected to every form of life. Contaminated water can lead to a variety of preventable health risks in a community.
According to him, access to safe drinking water is crucial for good outcomes in healthiness which influences all attributes of human growth.
“This initiative by SEEPCO can help decrease the high prevalence of water-borne diseases and improve the quality of life for the community. Safe drinking water must be among the highest priorities for every community. Water is bountiful, what is needed is to ensure that it is treated, purified, and made available by safe means. Reliable access to safe drinking water endorses healthy ecosystems,” he said.
Also speaking, the Chairman, Otto Community Development Association, Lagos State, Mr Muhez Salako said, providing safe drinking water has become a challenge for humankind.
He expressed appreciation to SEEPCO for understanding the challenges and moved to strengthen the Otto community through provision of safe drinking water. Safe drinking water is at the heart of SEEPCO, and it aims to build favourable, empowered, and prosperous community. “The company is dedicated to encouraging the right to safe drinking water a reality”.
Dignitaries that attended the safe drinking water event, averred that healthy living initiative, one of the most universal necessities for life is safe drinking water, saying that water being essential for human existence, safe drinking water is a human birthright. “It acts as a catalyst for progress, contributes to good health, and community resilience.”
They include Executive Director, Distribution Department, Lagos Water Corporation, Lagos State, Mr. Olatunji Saheed, Engr. (Mrs.) Oridami Bright, Assistant Director, Lagos Water Corporation, Lagos State, and Mr. Lanre Adetayo, South-West Water Lead, Society for Family Health, Lagos State.
Others are Hon. Azeez Oloto, Councillor, Otto Community Ward, Otto Community, Lagos State; Mr. Muheez Salako, Chairman, Otto Community Development Association, Otto Community, Lagos State and Mrs. Babalaye Oluwakemi Abeni-Chairperson, World Health Community, Otto Community, Lagos State.
By: Akujobi Amadi
The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has called on the Management of Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to embark on the water projects in Buguma city in Asari Toru Local Government Area, Rivers state
The Group called on the Rivers state government to revamp the Buguma fish farm to create employment for the teeming youths
On the water project in Buguma, MOSIEND said the population of Buguma has increased tremendously as the residents need more water projects to enhance the daily livelihood of the people
The Group also appealed to the Chairman of the council to assist in making the project a reality and attracts more developmental projects to the city
This call was on Rhythm 93.7 FM Port Harcourt, Radio program, Talk of the Town, by MOSIEND Eastern Zonal Coordinator of MOSIEND Half Hour Comrade Tammy Bruce Longjohn alongside Mark Ojuka,Chairman of Buguma and Hon Sandra Owunari JP Chairman Obuama and monitored by our correspondent
Comrade Ojuka also called on the Management of Liquidifed Natural Gas NLG to embark on a free medical outreach in all Kala bari communities to improve their health status
He appealed to LNG to award scholarship to indigens of Kalabari communities in tertiary institutions to better their education, noting the company is doing same in Bonny, abandoning Kalabari communities
“We need contracts, free medical, scholarships and employment including skill acquisition programs for our teeming youths in Kalabari extractions ”
On Security, Mark Ojuka said security in Buguma is at zero level with the help of the Ama Ma soldiers the city is more peaceful and investors friendly as the youths of area have cordial relationship with the security agencies in the area
“Security is very secured in Buguma clan”
He called on the Rivers state to revamp the Buguma fish farm to create employment for the teeming youths
“The youths are asking for human capacity building in the area to reduce unemployment”
“The revamping of the Buguma fish farm will also reduce youth violence”
Also Speaking, Eastern Zonal Coordinator of MOSIEND Half Hour Comrade Tammy Bruce Longjohn called for more improve in infrastructures in Kalabari community, especially in electricity
There is little improvement in terms of electricity in Buguma city
He decried the deplorable condition
of Buguma Health Centre, saying that the hospital is near functional
“Our sisters that are pregnant and our sick parents can not access the health centre for a better treatment ”
Describing the Health Centre as an eye saw, he called on Rivers state government and Buguma Local Government chairman Hon William to improve on facilities in the centre and make it more medically accessible to the sick persons in the area
Buguma, Tammy Bruce said is the spiritual headquarter of Kalabari people as such deserve more modern facilities from the government to improve lives
The Coordinator called on government, stakeholders and oil companies to assist and improve the poor infrastructural facilities in area
“We need first class hospitals, qualified medical doctors and nurses in the health centres and hospitals”
On the oil spilled in Obuoma Chairman MOSIEND Obuoma, Hon Sandra Owunari said the spill destroyed their crops and Rivers even polluted their only source of drinking water
She expressed displeasure that Rivers state government did not send any relief materials to the people in the affected community
On Chieftaincy title to women in Obuama, Hon Sandra Owunari said the community do not install Chieftaincy title to women, saying that Chieftaincy title is only reserved for men only in the community
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