WACT Supports Rivers Communities

The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), Onne, Rivers State, has donated a building of 10 units self-contain apartments for use as teachers’ quarters to Ogu Town in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State. The company also donated 20 waste disposal skips to Onne Community, Rivers State. The Managing Director of WACT, Mr. Aamir Mirza, said the donations were part of the terminal operator’ s corporate social responsibility (CSR). “As a company, we take pride in the relationship that we have with our host communities. Onne and Ogu communities have been very supportive to the growth of WACT, not only in providing good quality staff, but also in assisting us whenever there is an issue to resolve,” Mirza, who was represented during the inauguration of the projects by WACT’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Lewis Sarpong, said. On the donation of the teachers’ quarters to Ogu Town, the WACTMD said: “Education is very important and thought it wise as part of our CSR to build this accommodation to make sure that teachers that are posted to Ogu have good accommodation.

“When the teacher is sound, he goes to the classroom happy and when the teacher is happy he can impact knowledge into the children.

“That is the most important aspect that we looked at.We need teachers to come to this place. They need to feel comfortable coming to this place, then they can impact the next generation with knowledge.” Mirza said: “We discussed with the community on how we could be of help and we agreed on providing them with 20 skips to tackle waste disposal and promote environmental cleanliness.”