When Bamigbose Adams,
a graduate of economics education, completed his National Youths Service Corps
(NYSC) programme, he was confronted with the big question: What next?
After several fruitless efforts to get a job, Adams decided
to think out of the box and grind something out of his situation.
It was while pondering on what he could do to fend for
himself and his immediate family that the thought of coverting waste materials
such as tyres into something that can be used at homes struck him.
“When I left graduated from school and served my father’s
land, I couldn’t get a job. At a point, I got tired of submitting Curriculum
Vitae (CV) to organisations,” he told BBC.
“So, I started thinking of what I can do to feed myself and
people around me. That was when I decided to put wastes including tyres
together and started using them to make chairs and other things that people to
use at home.”
Adam’s novelty and penchant for seeking solutions to
problems also came to the fore when Nigeria recorded its index case of the
coronavirus pandemic.
The gifted youth had come up with the idea of converting
drums into wash-hand basins to encourage people to wash their hands regularly
in Nigeria, especially at public places, to fight the pandemic.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), regular
washing of hands is one of the ways to avoid getting infected with the virus.
Adams explained the initiative was his own way of joining
ongoing efforts to fight against spread of the novel disease in the country.
“When the coronavirus pandemic broke out, I started thinking
of what I can do with wastes again that can be of benefit to the people and
still appreciate,” he said.
“Then I got one drum, cut it and added somethings together
to make a wash-hand basin that can be placed in front of homes or streets that
passers-by can use to wash their hands.
“This is my own way of helping Nigeria to fight the disease,
The wash hand basin can be placed in front of houses, offices, shops, markets
and even roadsides.”
He went on to urge Nigerians to ensure compliance with
several directives given by authorised health bodies including sitting down at
home.
“As it is now, we can’t differentiate between those who have
the virus and those who don’t. So, it’s essential we all try wash our hands and
stay at home,” he added.
Nigeria has 190 confirmed cases of the pandemic as at the
time of filling this report, with over 1,000,000 people infected with the virus
globally.
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