The Dimaska Village community in the Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa has started a project to build more than 250 toilets for its people. Mr. James Steven, Head of the Dimaska Village Health and Development Committee, revealed this to the Nigerian News Agency, in Dimaska on Friday.
Steven said the project focused on improving the delivery of health care services to residents through the community’s self-sufficiency program.
He said the development followed a health training offered to Community Ministries, an American NGO, under the umbrella of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN).
“Before the training in Dimaska, no more than 15 houses had toilets, however, since the beginning of this project, we have more than 50 toilets in the community.
“Our intention is that before the end of 2023 we will build more than 80 bathrooms for our people, and before the end of 2026, we propose to build no less than 250 bathrooms because we currently have about 291 homes in the Dimaska community.
“Furthermore, our people now understand the importance of building toilets in their respective homes and the danger of open defecation to health and the environment,” he said.
On access to portable water, Steven said the community had resolved during their town hall meeting with various stakeholders to drill a water well for their people.
“In order for our people and animals to have access to portable drinking water, we have decided to build a water well and an elevated tank.
“To this end, we have so far commissioned and pledged a total sum of N50,000 for the project survey,” said Steven.
She said that through LCCN’s community-based primary health care training, 17 women had been trained in the community health care service for emergency medical care against malaria, hygiene, and environmental protection, among others.
However, he expressed his joy that the community lived in peace with each other, regardless of faith and ethnicity.
Steven called on Adamawa and the federal governments to support the community in achieving their desired goals of having portable drinking water, a health clinic, and a school.
-NAN
