By: Abdulqadir Olokoba
Parents and guardians of school pupils have been called upon to help their children and wards cultivate good personal hygiene.
This call was made by the founder of Alhidaya foundations, who is also the proprietress of Batimoluwasi International School, Danialu, Ilorin on the occasion of the School termly General Lecture with the Theme: Enhanced Personal Hygiene.
While giving her vote of thanks at the close of the event, the proprietress, Alhaja Khadijat Abdulsalam thanked the lead guest speaker, Ambassador (Mrs) Rukayat Balogun, popularly called Ummu Mahfouz, a motivational speaker and personal hygiene enthusiast.
Alhaja Khadijat thanked the Kwara State commissioner for Health, Hajia (Dr) Aminat Ahmed El-Imam for her support of this term’s BIS General Lecture.
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In her lecture, Ambassador (Mrs) Rukayat Balogun spoke to the school pupils and teachers on the importance of personal hygiene and the dangers of neglecting personal hygiene in the lives of humans.
According to her, social discrimination and negative health outcomes are direct consequences of not paying needed attention to our personal hygiene.
National Moonlight spoke to a few students and pupils who were under this Termly General Lecture, Mistura Akinduro Adeola, a Senior Secondary School student explained that the General Lecture has helped her to see the dailly chore of personal grooming in a new light and she is therefore more determined to pay more attention to becoming healthier and more desirable as a result of paying better attention to her personal hygiene. Another pupil from the primary section of the school, Tajudeen mariam, told this reporter that she intended to be a medical personnel in the future so that she can help people overcome issues arising from neglected personal hygiene.
The BIS Termly General Lecture, is a way the school opens every new school term with different themes for each term. BIS is renowned for helping special need children get to speed in their academic pursuits.
