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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Ikeja and Yaba Stakes, organized activities during the penultimate week to mark this year’s All African Service Project.
In collaboration with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA), the Ikeja Stake embarked on extensive clean-up of a section of Onigbongbo community in Maryland.
The exercise, which involved clearing drainages, sweeping streets and cutting grass, commenced from Dotun Ogundipe Street, before reaching other surrounding streets in the community.
Members brought shovels, cutlasses, brooms, packers, waste bags, sanitizers, face masks and gloves for an effective exercise.
President, Ikeja Lagos Stake, Brother Moses Ekpah, said they were in the community to ensure that their surroundings were kept clean and beautiful. Ekpah explained that the holy Scripture admonishes all people to be clean in spirit and mind, including the surroundings where they live.
He reported that the Kabeyesi of the community was informed, even as they collaborated with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency, represented at the event by Gbeminyi Esan.
LAWMA donated a large quantity of waste bags through their representative, while their disposal truck was also on hand to cart away refuse generated by the clean-up exercise.
Meanwhile, the Yaba Stake community also organized a workshop at the Yaba Stake Centre, with the theme “Fit for Life Community Outreach,” in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Health.
Part of the activities lined up were: aerobics, spiritual and physical well-being, health talk by professionals, free medical tests for blood pressure, glucose, etc., and Lagos University Teaching Hospital Blood Drive Donation.
The highlight of the event was the donation of blood by a large number of young members of the church. This was essentially part of their contribution to the LUTH Blood Drive Donation.
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The exercise involved screening of prospective donors and checking their blood levels to ascertain their health status before the actual blood donation.
Some of those who turned out, when approached for comments, said they were grateful to God to be part of the humanitarian exercise.
In her comments, Dr. lfeyemi Adeniran, a medical practitioner and Deputy Director, Lagos State Ministry of Health, commended members of the church for organizing the 2025 All African Service Project to help the community, which is targeted at building a healthier community.
“We at the medical end would admit that health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being,” she said.
Dr. Adeniran maintained that Nigerians must make themselves happy by physical exercise, social interactions, etc.
She also commended the blood donation drive as part of efforts to make the community healthy.
“We should have blood in the blood banks for those who need it. If you are healthy and you have had your vitals checked, blood levels, or any other conditions that will not disturb the donor or the recipient, then you can donate.”
She concluded by informing the public that blood being donated by young members of the church would be handed over to the Blood Transfusion Services of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and kept in their blood bank for those that will need it.
Meanwhile, Mr. Alfred Anyin, president, Lagos Nigeria Stake, and Coach Etukho Nseobong Nsidibe, an aerobics instructor of the National Institute for Sports, each made interesting remarks on the benefits of regular exercise to healthy living for all.
