The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) has commissioned five borehole projects and donated four to communities in Ondo State and one to a school in Badagry, Lagos State.
The spokesman for the ground handling firm, Mr Tayo Ajakaye disclosed this in a statement, saying the gesture was part of the company’s corporate social responsibility meant to put a smile on the face of its global community.
Speaking during the commissioning the projects, the managing director and chief executive officer of the company, Mr Indranil Gupta said the organisation looked forward to a time it would do even more to further impact positively the lives of its communities.
In Ode-Aye, southwest Ondo State where the company constructed and donated four boreholes, Gupta who was represented by Ajakaye, advised the beneficiaries to take ownership of the facilities and ensure they are well-maintained.
According to Gupta, it is such a good maintenance culture that would encourage, not only nahco aviance, but also any other willing donor to do more knowing full well that whatever is donated would be well-maintained.
“Let me explain it this way. If, for any reason, we come around again in a year’s time or one and a half years and we see these boreholes up and running, it would gladden our hearts and we would gladly want to donate more in new locations, rather than spend such resources trying to resuscitate, reactivate or fix dead ones,” he said.
Indranil thanked the people of Ode-Aye for allowing the company to serve them.
“We serve in many more ways. This is just one way in which we serve our global community,” he stated.
In his remarks, the traditional ruler of Aye, Oba William Akinlade, expressed appreciation to nacho aviance for its thoughtfulness.
“It is such beneficial projects that the town has been looking forward to. The projects will go a long away in ameliorating the suffering of the people even as the dry season sets in,” he added.
He also thanked the board of nacho aviance and expressed the hope that the board and its chairman will do more for the Community.
Also speaking, the project coordinator for the town, Mr Soji Aguda promised that the residents of the communities the where the boreholes are located will safeguard them.
The four boreholes are powered by solar energy as part of the package donated by NAHCO.
At the Adebola Creative Comprehensive College, Morogbo in Badagry, where a borehole project was commissioned, Gupta explained the rationale for the company’s intervention in providing the facility.
The managing director who also spoke through Ajakaye stated that it is herculean for many school proprietors in Nigeria to provide all that a school requires.
“What we do here is what we do regularly, especially in the area where we operate, the airport environment. But we have recently expanded our immediate community to a larger, global community, for a more comprehensive impact on our people. We realised that at some point in our lives, we all need help, no matter where we are located,” he said.
He said it is a good sight to see the joy in the faces of the school children as well as the school authorities as the Company commissioned the project complete with a 3.5kva generator.
Gupta applauded the management of the school for its doggedness in managing to stay afloat in the midst of increasing running costs and dwindling resources.
In his remarks, the chief executive officer of the school, Mr Adegbehin Adetarami, whose address was read by the principal, Mrs Mary Adegbehin, appreciated the aviation ground handling company for the project pointing out that the impact of the donation could not be overstated.
According to him, the borehole will ensure access to clean water while the generator will provide constant electricity which the school needs everyday for its activities, including the computer labs and digital learning.
“NAHCO has healed a wound that is seriously ailing us as an institution. With this life – changing gift, not only has it quenched our thirst for clean water, but also illuminates out path to a brighter future with the provision of a generator; and to which we shall remain forever grateful,” Adetarami stated.
Also speaking, the divisional police officer, Morogbo Division, Mr Adekunle Olaitan, thanked the company for the project pointing out nacho aviance had inadvertently inculcated also in the students the idea of giving back to the Society.
“I thank the management of NAHCO for what they have done. In another dimension, what they have done today is not for consumption or drinking water alone, but they have laid a good legacy for these children. Tomorrow, when they are in good position, they will know how to give back to their communities,” he said.
