Joel Ajayi

As part of activities to raise awareness concerning COVID-19 in Federal Capital Territory, Acting Executive Secretary of Social Development Secretariat, Mrs. Dilichukwu Onyedinma has taken the Campaign to nooks and crannies nation’s capital, sensitizing the populace of the need to take preventive measures in the fight against coronavirus.

Onyedinma was in Bwari rehabilitation and vocational center in the company of Director Social Services, to educate the residents of the center on the need to follow laid down protocols as government battle to defeat the dreaded pandemic.

Speaking at the center , Dilichukwu said ‘ I want to encourage you to regularly wash your hands with soap under running water while in the absence of soap use sanitizers and regularly wear a facemask to prevent transmission through sneezing or body contact and also avoid shaking hands during this period’.

She went further by reiterating that coronavirus is real and people should not take it for granted because many people have died from it the disease is real and don’t listen to anybody who says is fake because people are dying every day from it but if you take these necessary precautions it will keep you safe.

She also promised to regularly visit the center and work with the team on the ground on how to make life better for the destitute, beggars, rehabilitated inmates who are undergoing training that is being handled by the center.

Dilichukwu went ahead by having lunch with residents while donating some essentials to the center which include facemask, sanitizers, infrared thermometer, noodles, corn, beans, millet, Soap, oil and liquid handwash which are meant to cushion the effect of lockdown.

The principal, Bwari Rehabilitation and vocational center, Mr. Bala Musa thanked the Acting Executive Secretary of SDS for deeming it fit to pay them a visit and also coming along with gifts is a wonderful gesture which is laudable but he, however, call on the government to assist in renovating their facilities because so as to meet up with their responsibility to the community.

Bala said ‘ we need the government to come to our aid by helping us to fix the door to some of the rooms which are bad, need machines at the vocational center to aid training, renovation of the compound and payment and employment of staff because at present we are just only two running the center.

The center has about 149 inmates with 111 of them already receiving rehabilitation while 48 have just been brought in from the street which is made up of beggars and destitute.

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