Community Social Responsibility: Ogunsola Commends Nestle Nigeria PLC
By Prince Segun Soneye
The Executive Chairman Obafemi Owode Local Government, Ambassador Adesina Ogunsola has commended the management of Nestle Nigeria PLC for their Community Social Responsibility program, CSR, for donating WASH facility to All Saints Primary School, Owode- Egba
Ambassador Ogunsola stated that the donation of the WASH facility will assist the local government in meeting the yearnings of the people in the provision of clean water and also accelerate the move to ensure that the local government attain an open defecation free status.
The Council Boss added that the provision of the project will assist the people to have assess to clean water, thereby reducing the scourge in water borne diseases.
It would be recalled that Nestle Nigeria PLC recently commissioned a WASH project at All Saints Primary School, Owode, to enable surrounding communities have access to clean water and sanitation.
WASH which is an acronym for “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene”, in a news release tagged: “Nestle Commissions Another WASH Project In Ogun State School,” the food and beverage producing company stated that the facilities will serve over 500 individuals including educators, learners and families within the community.
While thanking the multinational company for the gesture, Ambassador Ogunsola called on other industries, business outlets and organisations in the local government Area to emulate the good gesture of Nestle, saying that their contributions to the upliftment of the people cannot go unnoticed.
He therefore, called for more of such projects in other parts of the local government Area, so that the rural populace can feel their impacts positively.
“The provision of more WASH project to other parts of local government will assist government in meeting its goals at making life bearable to rural dwellers, moreso, Obafemi owode local government is one of the largest local governments in Ogun state that shared boundaries with Lagos and Oyo states and also shares boundaries with seven local governments in the state” chairman said.
While also appealing to Nestle to continue to pay their dues and levies to the coffers of the local government, Ambassador Ogunsola called on the people to make good use of government property in their domains.