Friday 11 July 2014

Clean Akindeko; a Possibility.

Greatest Dekoites! Articulate Dekoite!! May I please lend a minute or two from your precious time? Thanks!

The impression on the mind of an average Futarian about our prestigious hall of residence is heart breaking. It is so unbecoming of such an image. It is high time we took our destiny in our hands. How do I mean?

Akindeko will be voted for as the dirtiest hall of residence in FUTA with a landslide margin if there were to be a contest to select the most unkempt place of residence. We may shy away from this fact but it is simply the ugly truth. And no matter how we run away from this, we will always be confronted with its reality each passing day.

What then do we do? How do we redeem our image? How do we restore sanctity and imbibe good hygiene and health etiquette? Simple! I have made personal efforts in convincing the new hall executives and we’ve fashioned out a programme that will be of immense and considerable help…

It begins with you and of course, me! It begins with you making up your mind never to use the toilet without flushing. It begins with you not washing near the tap and on the walk way. It begins with you keeping the sink and other public utilities clean after use. It entails proper disposal of your waste and trash. It begins with your conservation sense of water usage. It begins with you not defacing the walls of the hostel with posters.

Now to the programme; it is a Compulsory Monthly Sanitation Exercise and it’s been slated for the last Saturday of every month. This three hour exercise tagged “CLEAN AKINDEKO; a POSSIBILITY” (CAaP) will start by 7 am and end by 10 am. During this exercise; cooking, playing ball, sleeping, loafing around, and other non-sanitation activities are not allowed.

The Environmental and Public Health Department will provide sanitation tools, supervise the exercise and ensure proper sanitation etiquette. Security personnel will be on ground to maintain law and order as well as ensure zero casualties.

For our labour so far not to be in vain, we will need your co-operation. A tree cannot make a forest. We must all lay ours hands on deck. We must stand with unity of purpose. It is a collective responsibility as no one is left out of this. We all must resolve to make our place of abode a clean haven and a place of pride. We can ’cos it’s in us. iKOH reps Akindeko!

UDEH Caleb Ifeanyi KOH