This beautiful story started with a tweet on a social media platform known as "Twitter".where a Lagos State University student and Twitter user, Oduala Olorunrinu popularly known as SavvyRinu have successfully united and galvanized over 2,000 “lazy” Nigerian youths into action by
simply taking up the baton of alleviating the needs of the people.
This is interesting because she is a
300-level student of Chemistry from a poor home who feels youths can
also take responsibility against the spread of the pandemic. She has
refused to wait on the government like others and decided to help
sensitize Nigerians with a single tweet.
The tweet read “I
am a chemist. I can help in making Hand Sanitizers so we can distribute
it to people. All we need is 1. Isopropyl alcohol 2. Glycerol 3. H202
4. Distilled water 5. Spray bottles. Let’s get a company to donate
ethanol. Some people can’t afford hand sanitizers #FightCOVID19” on the 23rd of March, 2020.
This was very thoughtful,
considering that there has been a huge increase in the price of hand
sanitizers of over 50% since the pronouncement of the pandemic. Miss "Oduala Olorunrinu"
started with an initial target of 10,000 hand sanitizers which has long
been exceeded. The journey from material procurement, scarcity, and
hike in the price of sanitizer bottles, movement over 50 kilometers
every day during the lockdown to produce sanitizers, delivery to states
under lockdown, funding and distribution to different states in Nigeria
with no personal car and little assistance is a question we should be
asking Miss Olorunrinu despite the lockdown as it’s baffling and
surprising that such a young individual could take such a daunting task
and be determined to execute it without any support from the Nigerian
government.
With Petty Donations From
Well-Meaning Nigerians on Twitter, Miss Olorunrinu popularly known as
“Chemical Sister” started this daunting task of providing as many as
possible free hand sanitizers for the populous black nation of almost
200 million people despite the lockdown. This birthed a movement with
the hashtag #OperationSanitize al
Youths all over the nation have
taken this initiative to help raise public awareness about the danger of
the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective areas while sensitizing
citizens on the different preventive measures. This is but one of the
many goals of her movement. The main goals are the distribution of free
hand sanitizers, food, and proper enlightenment on good hygiene to the
uneducated, educated, old, vulnerable and young, and the importance of
social distancing along with obeying government health officials.
National unity is portrayed as most
of the messages used or displayed in the cause of this operation are
being translated into the many ethnic languages in Nigeria carrying
almost every citizen along. As
of the time of filing this report, Miss Olorunrinu has been able to get
over 20,000 hand sanitizers to over 7 states in Nigeria mainly, Oyo,
Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Benue, Abuja, including Lagos, the epicenter of the
COVID19 virus in Nigeria and she is still producing more.
For more information on the
project, you can check the hashtag #OperationSanitize on Twitter, or
check her personal handles @rinudear or @savvyrinu.
Also, you can call or reach the convener on (+234)-07035110228,(+234)-07017553964
Email her @savvyrinu@gmail.com.
Twitter Handle SavvyRinu
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