The Emergency Task Force on COVID-19 of the Victims Support Fund (VSF), on Monday, donated three solar-powered boreholes and other Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities to three secondary schools in Nasarawa State.
The Chairperson of the task force, Mrs Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, presented the items on behalf of VSF at the Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Wamba, in Wamba Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
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The benefiting schools are GSSS, Wamba; Government Secondary School (GSS), Ketura, in Awe LGA; and GSS, Panda, in Karu LGA.
Mrs Akerele-Ogunsiji said the organisation was concerned about the plight of students and teachers, especially in densely populated areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, hence the intervention with 54 borehole facilities and 216 handwashing stations in 18 states across the six geopolitical zones, including Nasarawa, estimated at N210m.
She explained that the task force chose Nasarawa for its intervention because of the impressive response of the state government in combating COVID-19.
She said, “We were very excited to learn that even before a single case of COVID-19 was recorded in Nasarawa the government had already set up five isolation centres across the state.
“Also, the state governor gave the sum of N10m and members of the State Executive Council (SEC) also donated half of their salaries among other steps taken to ensure the state is able to combat COVID-19.”
She further explained that each of the schools received a solar-powered borehole, four handwashing stations, 2,000 pieces of re-usable face mask, five pieces of four-litre hand sanitisers, 120 bottles of 500ml liquid hand wash and five cartons of bleach.
According to her, the Task Force on COVID-19 is an emergency response team inaugurated by the Chairman of the VSF, General TY Danjuma (Rtd), to provide palliatives to displaced persons and the vulnerable, as well as provide institutional support to agencies supporting the national effort to fight COVID-19.
Hajiya Fatu Sabo, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Education, appreciated VSF for the intervention nd called on other establishments and individuals to emulate the gesture of VSF.
