SAPELE/Nigeria: The duo of the Chairman of Sapele local government Council , Mr Eugene Okpe Unoaghoan, and the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development Mrs Oghenekevwe Agas, have called on Nigerians, corporate organisations to support the development efforts of Rotary Club, Sapele Urban .
The Sapele council chairman including the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development who received Renovated building projects at the Amukpe Health and Children correctional centres in Gana- Sapele from Rotary Club respectively , expressed their profound appreciation to Rotary Club, Sapele Urban District 9141 for their humanitarian activities since their operations began in the area.
The Chairman of Sapele who was represented at the premises of Amukpe Health centre, by Dr Kingsley Erabor Abeke, the Medical Officer of Health Department of the Sapele council said, “I am amazed with the laudable achievements of the Rotary Club, Sapele Urban. The Rotary Club International will always raise a bar. Today, this is another project they have done to raise the bar. I am indeed grateful to them for these projects. “
“I am also grateful to them for the support we got from them during the Covid-19 pandemic period. I want to thank them too for partnering with us in the journey against polio eradication. Remember that some weeks ago, Nigeria was certified polio free by The World Health Organisation. Through the struggle, the Rotary Club has always been with us. I also want to thank them very much for this, while I use this same opportunity to invite Nigerians to Support Rotary work here in Sapele and Nigeria in particular” He stated.
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Women Affairs Community, and social development Mrs Agas, said “I sincerely commend Rotary Club Sapele Urban for identifying with these projects. The children correctional centre (formerly known as remand home) is one place people do not even remember of its existence. I commend you for your support and good works for remembering these children, God will bless you abundantly in Jesus name.”
She added, “Rotary is geared towards improving society. You have done alot with what I have seen you doing. This you have done, you have chosen a project that is enduring. Like you have said, it focuses on diseases prevention and control. If this place is clean, it will help the society the more. It does not make sense bringing children here and at the end, they carry diseases back home. I call on spirited individuals, corporate organisations to help government in ensuring that the society is a better place ”
Rotarian Henry Okorodudu, the Pioneer President in Sapele, the incumbent President, Rotarian Julius Eguvwebere, Rotarian Roseline Agogo, in their separate speeches at both venues of the event commended spirited persons, organisations and individuals whose contributions have significantly assisted in transforming the lives of the needy in the society just as they appealed for more membership so that they could progress faster.
Rotn Okorodudu said “we must do the duty that is placed on us by Rotary International to reach out to our communities in any way we can to do the best to help those that required assistance and that is one of the reasons why we are here. Our focus areas are sanitation, good health, diseases prevention, cure and treatment.
“We as Rotarians come together, put our resources together for this purpose especially these projects we are Commissioning today in the health centre and at the children correctional centre. We are also using this medium in calling on other fellow members here, Nigerians, Sapele people that are here to consider been a part of Rotary. What we are doing is through our meagre income and salaries.
Rotn Julius Eguvwebere and the immediate past President said Rotary Club is all about doing good in our communities and that everyone in the society has a right to belong to this humanitarian group remarking that their motives is tailored towards making the society a better place from where you meet it.
Rotn Adidi revealed that at the “moment, in our District as we speak, we have over ninety clubs and so many are coming up. These groups we are setting up is only to better the lots of our people. In Sapele we have impacted this live of the people through water projects, Community based projects, donations to orphanage homes, empowerment, road signs, we share sanitation materials. During the Covid-19 saga, lots of Palliatives were distributed to homes and health centres to reduce the spread of the Pandemic and hardship amongst residents in Sapele,,etc ”
” we cannot do all these laudable projects alone. We need more members irrespective of what you are doing for a living. And we must not rest on our oars. We are going to do more. That is what the president has told me. You are all welcome to Rotary Club”. He added
The project Chairman Mr Joshua Omonkhukpon who conducted the people around the completed projects site at both venues, said he and his team were given seven areas of focused but they discovered that these ones that they embarked upon has more impact on the people and they decided to go into it immediately after the approval of the Chairman
“I thought of where to start from, but when we discovered that they were more projects to do, and that this place is already been abandoned, and people are still here working, we thought about the paintings, mosquito net, broken ceiling, . As soon as we were given approval, we swung into action and before you know it, we were done with the task. All these will boost the confidence of those working here that this place is neat and conducive for human habitation. As a Rotarian, I believe our duty is to serve the people. ”
Highpoint of the event was the handing over of a completed, rehabilitated health centre at Amukpe with mosquito nettings on windows, new shower systems, water connecting system to the toilets cistern including the renovation and repainting of the facilities at the health centre and the children correctional centre attached Gana -Sapele to the Chairman of Sapele local government area Mr Unoaghoan including the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Women Affairs Community and Social Development Mrs Oghenekevwe Agas.
