Two Teenagers From Corona Secondary School Renovates Primary Health Center in Ogun State.
Two Teenagers From Corona Secondary School Renovates Primary Health Center in Ogun State. Students of the prestigious Corona Secondary School Agbara, have renovated a Primary Health Center in Egudu Baale Community in Ogun State.
The initiator of the project, Miss Chinamerem Abigail Egwuatu started this project in early 2017 and passed the torch to her younger brother, Chiedoziem Alfred Egwuatu when she graduated in 2018. Mr. Adesiji Olumide then partnered with the Egwuatu’s after the COVID-19 break and together they worked tirelessly to see the completion of this mega project.
Newera News correspondents gathered that the health centre was in very terrible shape until Miss. Chinamerem visited the community during one of the school’s community services and was moved by the sight she witnessed.
According to Chinamerem, the centre was in a dilapidated state. “After I visited the community in 2017, I saw a community neglected and in need of help – women, and children in dire need of adequate health care”. “I learned of patients using the nearest bush in the community to urinate or pass faeces as there were no functional facilities”.
“I saw admitted patients sleeping on mats as there were no beds and since the community did not have a borehole, these patients found it difficult to get access to clean water”.
“My heart broke seeing the reality of some people in a community not too far from me and I decided to start this project to address some of the issues they had. That day, I called my mom and relayed what I saw”.
“Amid tears, I begged her to lend me some cash to get the project going, and I would take it from there. Thankfully, after confirming my story from the school and ascertaining the initial deposit that was needed, she agreed.”
Throughout the year, Chinamerem ran several fundraising events at school, engaged in multiple outreach efforts at church and amongst friends and family in addition to using her upkeep money to fund this project.
Two Teenagers From Corona Secondary School Renovates Primary Health Center in Ogun State.
Miss Chinaemerem Abigail Egwuatu
According to her, seeing that construction had started and a borehole was being dug during her first inspection visit filled her heart with so much joy and further motivated her to keep the project going to completion.
However, as this project was estimated to last beyond one year, Chinamerem had to pass the baton to her younger brother, Chiedoziem Egwuatu, and his friend and classmate, Adesiji Olumide, when it was time for her to graduate in 2018.
These Students picked up the fundraising and outreach efforts to keep the project going but the pandemic struck and put the project on hold for what seemed like an unconstrained amount of time.
Thankfully, the mitigative measures started waning and Chiedoziem and Adesiji got back in the swing of things.
They doubled their efforts to make up for the lost time in addition to juggling their responsibilities as prefects and final year students.
They were able to raise some money by themselves and then reached out to their mothers for the final donations to bring this dream to reality. They succeeded and today, the once dilapidated health center now boasts of a renewed building, a borehole, a new kitchen, toilet, bathroom, and a male ward as well as the necessary furniture needed for running a health center.
The students were so grateful to Mr. Adewale Akinwumi and Mrs. Sonuga. These teachers along with the school’s site engineer managed this project and when Mr. Akinwumi left the school, Mrs. Sonuga saw it to its final completion through her relentless efforts and supervision.
The project was finally commissioned on 3rd March 2022 as against the initial scheduled date by the local Government Chairman, Hon. Sheriff Adewale Musa and with him were the principal of the school, who was represented by Mrs. Sonuga, some officials of the school, the parents of Chinamerem Egwuatu, Chiedoziem Egwuatu, Dr. Mrs. Tenny Egwuatu and Mrs. Adesoji, mother of Adesiji Olumide were all around to witness the epoch-making event.
Hon. Sherrif, in his remark, thanked the students for their selflessness and love for humanity. He stated that such attributes are rare in today’s teenagers. He implored the youths to emulate these young students’ lifestyles. He also praised the mothers of the students whom he referred to as role models for mothers and asked women to emulate them in raising compassionate children. He was particularly impressed with the sacrifice the students had to make to raise most of the money that was used for the project.
The Paramount Ruler, the Baale of the Egudu Community, and his members in the council were also among the dignities that graced the occasion, and he was full of praise and admiration for the young students for their love for humanity.
He was especially grateful for the borehole water the student dug for the health centre. He said the water would not only serve the health centre but also the community at large. Members of the Community also thanked the students, the school representatives, and the parents of the students for their kind gesture.
Below are some of the pictures showing the project before and after…..
Old facilities
The New Toilet Facility Under Construction
Dignities present at the commissioning of the health Centre included the Chairman Ado Odo – Ota Local government, Hon. Sherrif Adewale Musa, Vice Chairman, Hon. Mrs. Saidat Olatunbosu Animashawu, the Heads of Legislative House- Hon. (Mrs.) Bukola Balogun Omotoso, the Head of Local Government Administration – Dr. Adesole Bamigbose.
Others are the Acting Controller of Primary Health Care- Mrs. Odebode Gbadibo, the World Development Commission – Mr. Hosea Samuel and the Director of Information – Mrs. Alabi S.A. and others too numerous to mention here.
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