Corps member constructs toilet for host community in Kogi
Story from Rabi’atu, Lokoja
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Corp member identified as Musa Ishiaka Shuaibu with the State code KG|20B|1375 from Koton-Karfe Local Government area of Kogi state has constructed a public toilet in his Place of Primary Assignment.
The three-quart water closet toilets were constructed in Ahwoko Primary School, Koto-Karfe.
The Sokoto-born Corps member who was deployed to Kogi state for his one-year National Youth Service decided to do something to better the community he served before the end of his service year.
Musa lamented that Pupils defecate by roadsides, in the bushes, gutters, or “Do it into nylon and throw it over.”
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He alleged that the school lacks a proper toilet facility, a situation which has made open defecation inevitable, saying that even Corp members posted to the school, equally defecate openly, as there are no toilets.
Musa explained that he decide to share the good deed with his host community to encourage other members, adding that he initially thought only privileged people could carry out a project due to finance.
He said: “I am encouraging all corps members who have the passion of doing something for their host communities to go ahead, I initially thought it is only the children of wealthy men and women that are capable of executing such projects because their parents will finance it for them.”
The young man who is serving the country with the 2020 batch B of the NYSC program revealed that he received approval to carry out the project with support from individuals who have a great passion for the growth and development of the community.
The Kogi State Coordinator of NYSC Mr George Mfongang who commissioned the project called on youth corps members to be dedicated to their assigned duties and commend Musa Isiaka for the initiative, calling on others to emulate him.
