Rotary Club of Abuja, Lugbe FHA flag-off new projects at LEA primary school

The Rotary Club of Abuja Lugbe FHA on Friday flagged off projects and commission others at the Local Education Authority as part of its humanitarian services which the officials disclosed that the school has been adopted for infrastructural provision and renovation as well as manpower and skill acquisition of school pupils.

Speaking at the ceremony, the District Governor-elect, D 9127 Engineer Sikiru Adetona Owonikoko who graced the occasion alongside his wife, Rotarian Zainab Owonikoko, who is also an official in the district expressed satisfaction for the choice of LEA Lugbe which he said was in line with the vision of the club.

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He lauded the Rotary Club of Abuja Lugbe FHA president, Rotarian Engr. Tunmise Adepoju for lining up ten projects to be executed in the school, which he said the school was lucky to have been adopted for projects execution.

He said: “I want to thank you for adopting this school and one of our core services is healthcare, Education and literacy among several others and for Abuja Lugbe District Rotary Club to adopt this school is a welcome development.

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“I can see that this school need a lot of support which I can say the school is lucky because a lot of things are going to happen here in terms of touching lives by the Rotary Club International

Reacting to questions on the sidelines of the event, Engr. Owonikoko said, the Rotary club does not concentrate its activities in urban areas contrary to beliefs of some people, stressing that Rotary Club is global community of people who are committed to the welfare of humanity, even as it spread across rural areas.

The President of Rotary Club of Abuja Lugbe-FHA, Engr. Tunmise Adepoju said the LEA will benefit from ten projects as a result of Needs assessment carried out by their team and considered them urgently needful in the school.

Lamenting the decay of some infrastructure in the school, he assured the school management of the rotary Club’s capability of interventions even as resources has been sourced to execute the projects without delay.

He said the commissioning of one of the lined up of projects, incinerator for waste bins, road signs at the Police Sign board are milestones in the ten years of the establishment of Rotary Club of Lugbe – FHA estate, promising that other flagged off projects would be completed in good time.

“Rotary is an international and global community of persons who have come together to do better for others. In Nigeria, there are four districts and in the whole of northern Nigeria, its one district minus three states.

“Ten years ago, the Rotary Club of Abuja, Lugbe was established. We started with a meagre number over the years and we started by adopting Tudun Wada community and after Tudun Wada, we moved to Sauka Kauta and we have done a lot of projects in Sauka to Car Wash Lugbe to GSS Lugbe and finally we have adopted LEA Primary School, Lugbe.

“Having existed for ten years which we have touched many lives, we now want to do something fresh in Lugbe community, so the information got us about the LEA Primary School and when we came here, we were shocked because of the level of dilapidation of facilities.

“Yes, government has done well. We believe strongly that there are some interventions that government needs help.

Reacting to the development, the Headmaster of the LEA school, Musa Mamman Chanchangi recounted his encounter with the officials of Rotary Club, saying he almost took them for granted by not believing in the narratives when some of their officials visited the school to find out what the school actually need.

He said: “Some of the officers of Rotary Club came to the school and ask me, Sir are you the Headmaster of the School and I said yes. They said we want to come and undertake a project in your school here and I asked as a Rotary club and they said yes that is what they do.

“What they said is that they touch lives in different forms across communities. I couldn’t believe and honestly, I don’t know about Rotary Club International before until later they came back again and I felt these guys are disturbing me. It looks like disturbance initially because some of Rotary officials were coming one after another.

“One day a fine woman from the Rotary came which I have forgotten her position to find out what do we want and I replied structure because there is so much pressure on government and if you people can do it, I will be happy. One day they called and ask me to write a letter which I did.

“Finally some people came and said we have come for that thing we have been discussing with you since last year and we are going to build a block of classroom, and we know your borehole is running, but we are going to rehabilitate it to pump water to toilets and other places within the school premises.”

Also, a cheque of N300,000 was presented to the school headmaster as scholarship for pupils who are orphans in the school.

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