National Association of Seadogs (NAS), Onitsha chapter, Anambra State has donated two-unit toilet blocks to traders and customers at Ogbeoye market in Onitsha.
Inaugurating the project, NAS Capoon Abiola Owoaje said the donation followed complaints by traders of lack of toilet facilities during the group’s visit to the market.
Owoaje, represented by NAS Regional President in charge of Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Delta and Imo states, Ikem Mazeli, described the gesture as part of the organisation’s corporate social responsibility.
He hoped that the facilities would meet the needs of the traders.
“We met the Ogboli Olosi village men (landlords), who after prolonged discussion gave us a piece of land to build the public toilet.
“The project is part of our corporate social responsibility and humanitarian gesture we render to the society where we exist,” he said.
NAS President Emeka Uwaechia, an engineer, pledged his group’s willingness to give back to the society, regardless of its social and economic status.
“NAS is an international organisation, whose cardinal objectives are enshrined in the phrase- Service to Humanity.
“We shall continue to give back to the society irrespective of our social and economic status,” he said.
Chairman, Onitsha North Local Government, Onochie Ozoma, thanked the benefactors for partnering with the government.
He assured them of plans for the sustenance of the project.
“What you have done today shows you are ready to continue partnering the government. The governor should hear about your worthy projects within Onitsha metropolis,” Ozoma said.
Market Leader Mrs. Ebele Obianwu praised the Seadogs for providing them the most pressing need at the market.
She prayed God to replenish its purse.
