Rotary club donates wheelchair, project to school in Bayelsa

The Rotary Club of Oxbow Lake, Yenagoa, led by its President, Mrs Hilda Afakwu-Adimoha, on Wednesday, donated a wheelchair and a WASH-IN-SCHOOLS, to community primary school mile 2, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa.

Mr Mightyman Alabo-Itih, the 6th District Governor, RID9141, said he handed over the WASH-IN-SCHOOLS project, which involved the construction of a borehole and rehabilitation of four compartment toilet facility. He said the club also presented a power generating set in collaboration with Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), Proctor and Gamble and H20 for Life.

The project was in fulfilment of two of Rotary International’s focus areas which are Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Earth Preservation. The district governor charged the school to make good use of the projects and protect them from being destroyed. He added that, with the commissioning of the project, pupils of Community Primary School Mile 2 Sagbama will be able to maintain proper personal hygiene, which will in turn preserve the environment.

The Paramount Ruler of Sagbama, King Ojo Magbisa and the Community Development Committee (CDC) Chairman, Mr Wilson Ezuwe, commended Rotary International for contributing to humanity. They urged other humanitarian organisations to emulate rotary club, which they said had been putting smiles on people’s faces across the world.

NAN