Environment

FG Flags-Off Clean Nigeria Campaign Training In Ibadan

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Three thousand three hundreds youths are to participate in the National Youth Volunteer Programme of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on the Hand Washing and Clean Nigeria Campaign in Oyo state.

Flagging off the training programme in Ibadan, the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu explained that the youths would be trained on communicating and demonstrating good sanitation and hygienic practices that could help to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

The minister who spoke through the South West Coordinator National Youth Volunteer programme, Mrs Damilola Akomolafe, said the volunteers would also be trained on curtailment of open defecation practices in the country.

Mr Suleiman noted that the volunteers would be engaged for community sensitisation and awareness creation on safe water, sanitation and hygiene practices for COVID-19 prevention for a period of three months.

The minister explained that the volunteers would in turn be expected to engage at household, community and institutional levels in passing on these messages.

He implored the youth volunteers to work hard in sensitising the people in their respective communities, in using innovative ways to stop the practice of open defecation.

The Chairman of the Oyo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), Mr Najeem Omirinde said the programme was all about information dissemination advocacy on handwashing and clean Nigeria campaign to prevent COVID-19.

Mr Omirinde commended the federal government on the programme and urged the volunteers to be dedicated while carrying out the exercise.

The 3300 youth volunteers were drawn across the 33 local government in the state with 100 persons from each council.

The training involves the engagement of 100 youth volunteers in each of the 774 local government areas across the country.

Iyabo Adebisi

Lifestyle

Ogun Oshun River Basin Development Authority, Gets New MD

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The Executive Director, Engineering Services, Ogun Oshun River Basin Development Authority, OORBDA, Mr Babalola Olatunji has been appointed as the Acting Managing Director of Abeokuta Headquarters of the establishment. 

His appointment followed the successful completion of the four-year tenure of Mr Olufemi Odumosu as the Managing Director of the Agency.

Speaking at the formal handover ceremony held at the Alabata Headquarters office of the body, the former Managing Director, Mr Odumosu thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, for the opportunity to serve the nation. 

He encouraged the acting Managing Director to build on the achievements he recorded during his four-year tenure especially in sustaining the harmonious relationship with the workers of agency.

Mr Odumosu explained that the emergence of Mr Olatunji as the Acting Managing director of the establishment was in compliance with the directive of the Minister of Water Resources.

Responding, the acting Managing Director of OORBDA, Mr Babalola Olatunji promised to work assiduously to take the authority to greater heights and solicited the cooperation of the management and staff towards achieving the set goals.

Olusegun Folarin

Yoruba

Alákoso fọnrere àsà ọwọ́ fífọ̀

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Alákoso fọ́rọ̀ ohun àlùmọ́nì inú omi, onímọ̀ẹ̀rọ Suleiman Adamu, ló ń fẹ́ káwọn ọmọdé kásà bééyan se fọwọ́ lóre kóre pẹ̀lú ọsẹ àtomi, látidpenà ọ̀kan ọ̀jọ̀kan àrùn.

Omímọ̀ẹ̀rọ Adamu tó sàlàyé pé pàtàkì ọwọ̀ fífọ̀, rọ àwọn alágbàtọ́ láti kásà ìmọ́tótó fi dábòbò àwọn ọmọdé kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn àrùn lọ́lọ́kan òjọ̀kan.

Kò sài sọ́ọ́di mímọ̀ pe, ìjọba kòní káarẹ láti pèsè omi tómọ́ gaara, èyí tí yóò wà lárọwọ́tó gbogbo aráalu, láti dènà àwọn àisàn tó ń tara omi jáde.

Kò sài fikun pé, ọwọ́ pẹ̀lú se pàtàkì tó sì máà ń kópa tó jọjú lórí ìmọ́tòtò ara, óúnjẹ àtàwọn ǹkan min-in tóda bi rẹ̀.

Kẹmi Ogunkọla/Seyifunmi Ọlarinde