By Ada Okafor
Contributing towards finding lasting solution to improved environmental hygiene, Corps Member Iniobong Emmanuel Dorcas (OY/20B/0993) in her personal Community Development Service has donated twin toilet facility to the Army Day Secondary School, Iwo Road, Ibadan.
Commissioning the project, the State Coordinator, Oyo State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs. Grace Ogbuogebe, represented by the Assistant-Director, Planning Research and Statistics, Mrs. Mariam Umogah, commended the corps member for availing herself as an instrument for establishing the core values of the NYSC and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.
She stated that the gesture has positively impacted and enhanced the lives of persons in the host community. The NYSC Coordinator further enjoined the beneficiaries, especially the students, to emulate the kind gestures of the project initiator whenever they attain to such phase in their lives.
In his goodwill message, the Chairman, Ibadan North-East Local Government, Hon. Ibrahim Akintayo who contributed immensely towards the execution of the project, commended the corps member for her doggedness and passion in her service to the fatherland. Stating that if every corps member determines to execute a project that will impact their host community positively, the entire country will be a better place.
Also in their separate addresses, the Assistant Director and Zonal Inspector, Ibadan-North LGA, Mr. Olumide Adekeye, and the Local Government Inspector, Ibadan North-East, Mr. Daniel Akinsola, commended the project initiator while encouraging other corps members to embark on projects that will ensure development of their host communities, thereby leaving a legacy during their service year.
In her appreciation, the Principal, Army Day Secondary School, Mrs. M. Umeike, lauded the corps member on the execution of the project, stating that the students will make proper use of the facility and ensure a cleaner learning environment. She equally applauded the NYSC scheme and remarked that its relevance cannot be overemphasized.
Present at the event were other sponsors of the project which include: the Managing Director, Microfinance bank, Orita-Basorun, Mr. Idowu; Special Assistant, Students Affairs (IBNE), Hon. Victor Olojede, and a host of others.
