Michael Olugbode in Abuja
The Rotary Club of Abuja (Wuse Central) has announced that it’s planning to expend N18.4 million on intervention projects in Abuja.
Apart from infrastructure to be built, the humanitarian club also planned to embark on tree planting and vaccination of residents of the city in its 2023/24-year plan.
Speaking during his investiture and flag-off of the club’s humanitarian projects for the 2023-2024 year, the President of the Rotary Club, Wuse Central, Dr. Albert Alkali, said the club would also be focusing on disease prevention by providing hepatitis B screening and vaccination, malaria treatments and tree planting within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He said: “Within the year, we are looking into seven areas of focus in disease prevention by providing vaccination and screenings for hepatitis B and malaria treatments. We are also looking at maternal and child health, distribution of mosquito nets to pregnant and nursing mothers, and de-worming the kids.
We would also be looking at the environment, planting trees and providing dustbins within the FCT and its environs, to ensure we have a safer environment to live in.
“We would be looking into peace and conflict resolution because we all know that with peace in the society, things would be better so we would be looking at catching them young by speaking to children in secondary schools and getting involved in peer mediation, and looking at mental health and girl-child education, these are areas we would be working on.
“We would also be renovating a Public Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Jahi; remodel their vaccination centre because since the COVID-19, vaccination is done in more spacious areas where it’s not crowded, and we would be providing them with a model pharmacy and provide solar energy. All of these would be done within a year. The theme for this year is ‘creating hope in the world’, so we intend to create hope where there is hopelessness, especially in our rural areas.”
The Chairman of the Investiture Committee and President-elect, 2024-2025, Dr. Tomola Emalek, said Rotary is a humanitarian club that touches the lives of the poor. We go into the hinterland to see what we can do to improve the lives of the people. Rotary Club of Wuse Central has been in existence for over 13 years, and has touched the lives of so many people.”
