Society for Family Health (SFH), a non-govermental organisation, has enhanced Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) access in rural communities with the inauguration of two solar-powered boreholes in Toto Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State.
The project, valued at N10 million, forms part of SFH’s WASH intervention under its WASH for Healthy Lives (W4HL) project in the state.
Chairman of Toto LGA, Mr. Ahmed Baba-Yahaya, who inaugurated the boreholes on Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Toto, appreciated the NGO for the initiative, describing it as a demonstration of SFH’s commitment to addressing water shortages in rural communities in the state.
He assured that officials of the council would visit the communities regularly to ensure proper use and maintenance of the boreholes.
“Out of the 13 LGAs in Nasarawa State, you considered Toto. My joy knows no bounds.
“We will continue to support the community, that’s for sure. Some of us may just see it as a mere borehole, but the impact it will have on the lives of the people here is massive,” he said.
Baba-Yahaya also pledged that the council would work closely with SFH to promote healthy behavioural change in more communities and support other interventions by the organisation.
The Group Managing Director of SFH, Dr Omokhudu Idogho, represented by the Project Director, Ms. Jane Adizue, commended staff, contractors and residents of the benefiting communities for their contributions to the success of the project.
He explained that the project was conceived in 2021, when SFH sought funding from its donor, Procter and Gamble, to implement WASH interventions.
“We looked at the country to see where we can make interventions and have great impact and Nasarawa State happens to be one of the states chosen. So we are implementing in Nasarawa State and also in Edo State.
“At the beginning, with funding from our donor, what we were just doing was behaviour change communication and it had great impact in the lives of Nasarawa residents.
“So we went back to our donor for more funding to put in place infrastructure that will make practising the healthy habits that we have taught the residents easier and our request was granted,” he said.
Idogho added that SFH would continue to advocate WASH practices among residents of Nasarawa and Nigerians at large to entrench healthy living.
“We have community members going from house to house to tell people to practise adequate hygiene, treat their water before drinking and also maintain sanitation in their environments,” he said.
The intervention selected Buga Sabo and Chiji villages in Toto LGA as beneficiary communities, while Karu, Nasarawa and Obi councils have benefited from one intervention or another by the organisation.
By Olukayode Babalola