President Tinubu appointed Princess Aderemi Adebowale as the Programme Manager of Grown School Feeding.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu has appointed Princess Aderemi Adebowale as the Programme Manager of Grown School Feeding in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
This is contained in a statement by the President’s Spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday in Abuja.
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The statement said the President expects the new Programme Manager to discharge the functions of her office with utmost integrity and diligence so as to ensure that Nigerians, especially vulnerable groups, are the exclusive and direct beneficiaries of his administration’s reconfigured welfare programmes.
Until her appointment, Princess Adebowale was the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Civic Engagement and previously served as a local government chairperson with experience as a risk assessor and financial manager.
She has sensitized Lagos residents on the hazards of Open Defecation programme at the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking at the programme, she educated the residents on the health hazards that comes with this practice.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, open defecation is a public menace because it could easily lead to outbreak of communicable diseases such as cholera, typhoid, diarrhoea and other gastro-intestinal infections.
“During the rainy season, in which we are now, water supplies can become contaminated with such faecal matters; we all know that human faeces contain bacteria and germs which consequently contaminate the sources of water people use for drinking and many other purposes.
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“The world is changing faster than we can imagine with human population increasing at an exponential rate. Therefore, there is an urgent need to re-orientate our people on the provision and access to safe and sustainable sanitation systems that will effectively address the menace of open urination and defecation as well as other sanitation infractions to prevent the widespread of diseases. Proper handling of these critical issues would no doubt help reduce government expenditure on treatment of diseases and make more money available for other important public uses.
“On a final note, I wish to appeal to us all to cooperate with the State Government in putting an end to this inimical practice of open defecation, improve on our hygiene and ensure that our environment is kept clean at all times. It is only this way that we can keep illnesses and diseases at bay. Cleanliness, it is said, is next to Godliness,” she said.
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