By Olasunkanmi Akoni

IN a practical demonstration of corporate social responsibility, a private owned media and public relations organisation, Core Media Services, has built and donated two boreholes to boost supply of  potable water for the residents of Oremeji area of Mushin Local Government Area.

The boreholes which were officially handed over to the residents by the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, are capable of delivering to the area 30, 000 litres of water per day.

Commissioning the boreholes, Mrs Fashola said the project was in furtherance of the dividends of Public Private Partnership, PPP initiative of Governor Babatunde Fashola aimed at improving the socio-economic wellbeing of the society. She described the gesture as a demonstration of giving back to the society from the have to the have-not as well as display of corporate social responsibility.

She stated that there was no way government alone could provide the needs of the people, adding that it needs to partner with organisations like Core Media Services to deliver worthy projects to the society, stressing that with a project that would deliver 30, 000 litres of water to the community per day, the residents could be assured of clean water.

She enjoined the residents to use the water projects effectively by avoiding wastages and taking proper care of the facilities so that they could last long. She also called on individuals and private bodies to emulate Core Media Services by coming to the aid of communities to provide what they needed.

The initiator of the project, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Core Media Services, Mr. Olajide Adediran in his brief response explained he was moved to act due to the realisation of the enormous challenges confronting Lagos State which he was opportuned to experience while on Fashola’s team during a tour of communities in Lagos in 2007.

“I was touched and moved to action due to this experience, hence, I decided to impact on the community where I grew up, which informed the provision of the borehole projects in the area,” he said Adediran added that two 2.5 KVA generators had also been provided for the community to pump the water whenever the power from Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN is not available.

Chairman, Mushin Local Government, Hon. Olatunde Adepitan said the project would go a long way in solving the water problem of the area, describing the gesture as a worthy one.

He also called on individuals and private bodies to complement government’s efforts by providing social amenities for communities in the area, adding that the state government had done so much for Mushin residents.