A group of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, membees serving in Osun State have sensitised secondary school students in the state on environmental cleanliness, effects of climate change and pollution.
The corps members who visited some schools stressed the benefits of keeping a clean environment for healthy and better lifestyles within their surroundings.
Mr Babatunde Qodri, the team leader and a serving corp member at Okini Grammar School on Tuesday, described environmental pollution as a major challenge during the rainy seasons with clogging of drainages and water channels, resulting to flooding and destruction of lives and properties.
Qodri said the need to educate students on the need to beware of the dangers associated with environmental hazards becomes paramount.
He said the reason for the outreach to some selected secondary schools was to ensure that students do not contribute to waste, air and noise pollution within their environment.
“We need to educate students on the need to always keep their environment clean. Also, Government across all levels must not relent in its environmental policies geared toward a clean environment.”
According to him, the introduction of environmental vanguard in schools will be of great advantages to the wellbeing of students when it comes to hygiene.
In their sesperate remarks, Mr Adebayo Raheem, the principal of Okini Grammar School and Mr Ekerin Timothy, the principal of Egbedi High School commended the corps members for the opportunity to further educate students on environmental cleanliness and climate change.
The duo said government on its part has been doing enough to ensure thatpublic schools are kept clean always.
