Ikeja Golden Lions Club has constructed and commissioned an eight-unit toilet facility for Baptist Senior Secondary School, Obanikoro, Lagos.
Speaking during the commissioning of the facility, Lion Aare Lekan Owolabi, the District Governor of Lions Club District 404B2 Nigeria, praised the leaders and members of Ikeja Golden Lions Club for building the facilities for the school.
He said the construction and donation of the facility was a realisation of his vision to increase the impact of the Club on the poor and less privileged in society through building projects and structures.
Owolabi said the Club has commissioned more than 56 projects since he assumed office in July last year.
He urged the Lagos State government to recognise the contributions of the Club to the development of the State.
He asked the state government to allocate a piece of land to the Club to build its secretariat.
Also speaking at the event, the president of Ikeja Golden Lions Club, Lion Yetunde Balogun, said the Club chose the project after conducting a needs assessment on the school, adding that the facility would help to improve hygiene among the students.
She stated that the government cannot provide all the needs of students in Lagos State and stressed the need for non-governmental organizations to step in to assist the government to do projects in the education sector.
The Principal of Baptist Senior Secondary School, Mr. Kolapo Okotore said the facility would relieve the challenge of the students.
According to him, before the new facility, the school had just three toilets for about 1,000 students, adding that the Club has brought a new lease on life to the students.
