(L-r): Coordinator, Kwara State Sport Education, Olaide Olanrewaju; Elvis Ogiemwanye, Director, Brands and Experience; Specialist, Event and Sponsorships, Martina Ogbebor, both of Etisalat Nigeria; Proprietor, Socrates College, Ilorin, Dr. Adetunji Abdulrahman and Coach, Socrates Football Team, Sunny Ahamioje during Etisalat Nigeria’s courtesy visit to Socrates College as part of Etisalat Customer Forum in Ilorin recently.
Etisalat has advised Nigerians to keep clean and healthy environments by practicing good waste management culture in their various communities.
Mohammed Suleh-Yusuf, head, Public Policy and Government Affairs, gave the advice in Ilorin-Kwara state capital during a Community Sanitation Support Programme (CSSP) held in conjunction with HEDA Resource Centre and the Kwara State Government.
According to Suleh-Yusuf, the sanitation support program was part of Etisalat’s efforts to promote community health and environment preservation in Nigeria.
, While in Ilorin, the telecommunication company trained 10 ‘Waste Management Champions’ and donate waste disposal bins and other ancillary items to Adewole-Adeta community in the State, to drive home its environment support campaign.
“Through our CSSP initiative, Etisalat is not just providing sanitation support to communities; we are empowering Nigerians to understand the benefits of maintaining a clean environment. This is why we have gone the extra mile by training 10 young people as waste management champions in Adewole-Adeta community, and also providing them with the equipment to function. We also provided them with phone lines and airtime so they can reach out to one another and provide feedback on their progress from time to time,” Suleh-Yusuf said.
The Kwara State Commissioner for Environment, Otunba Taiwo Johnson, Commended Etisalat Nigeria for the Cooperate social responsibility through the CSSP initiative in the state.
Represented by the Deputy Director on Environment, Gabriel Towoju, at the occasion, he enjoined other private sector companies to emulate the telco by being more committed to the environment.
“This is laudable, and I encourage others to join hands with government in promoting clean and healthy environment. Through effective synergy, we will all ensure our society is in perfect state of harmony with nature where all of us live together peacefully”, he said.
Sulaiman Arigbabu, coordinator, HEDA Resource Centre, stated that the non-governmental organization (NGO) partnered with Etisalat to promote community health and environmental preservation at the grassroots across Nigeria because poor sanitation and unsafe environment can cause illness thereby affecting people’s productivity.
“The prosperity of communities is linked with people’s productivity, and there is a linkage between how healthy the people are in carrying out their daily activities. To a large extent, the state of health of the people is linked to the sanitary condition and well-being of the environment”, he added.
