Saponaria reinforces commitment to fight diseases in Nigeria ahead of global hand washing day

Saponaria Industries a fast moving consumer products company with an array of market leading brands across the personal care, home care and beauty and cosmetics categories has reinforced its commitment to reduce diseases caused by bacteria ahead of the global hand washing day.

This is as the company has remained consistent in its initiative to ensure one million students across Nigeria imbibe the culture of washing their hands regularly in a bid to reduce diseases.

Speaking during its ‘A Million Clean Hand sensitisation program’ at the Ilupeju Primary School in Lagos, where hand sanitizers and soaps was donated by Saponaria, Ashish Misra, managing director, Saponaria Industries Nigeria Limited disclosed that this is the second school the company has covered, adding that it hopes to cover at least 500 schools across the country during the period of one year.

“Fifteenth of October is the global hand washing day. It is a global advocacy day, which looks to inculcate the habit of using water and soap for the cleaning of hands. Hand washing is one of the simplest and most effective barriers to the spread of diseases and illnesses and a lot of bacteria diseases.

“The phones, computers and other devices have bacteria causing diseases. Bacteria are also in food preparation and eating and the use of restrooms. There are some basic ideas on the use of water and soap, as prevention to diseases. We are basically communicating the ideas of clean hands and the use of soap and we hope that these small steps will go a long way to attain disease prevention and a healthy Nigeria, which is our interest.

“While we are a business entity, we believe that if we share, communicate and inculcate these habits among young Nigerians, it will be good for their health, the economy and also good for our business,” Misra said.

Omokhaye Evelyn, head teacher, Ilupeju Primary School, commended the initiative, reiterating that with this, the children will be more conversant with the habit of hand washing

“With the availability of sanitizers and washing materials provided by Saponaria, it will perfect the habit of hand washing practice we have in the school already. The advice I have for the children is that they have to make good use of what have been given to them. Anytime they go out to play, we will always remind them to wash their hands when they get back,” Evelyn added.

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