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By IT Edge News.Africa
For residents of Nariya Rigasa community in Kaduna State, access to clean water is no longer simply a daily struggle—it is becoming a little closer, more reliable and more sustainable.
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LG Electronics Nigeria has commissioned a solar-powered borehole in Nariya Rigasa, extending its community water intervention programme and reinforcing the technology company’s growing focus on using innovation to address practical challenges beyond the home.
The Kaduna project is the 19th solar-powered borehole donated by LG Electronics across different states in Nigeria, highlighting the company’s effort to combine technology, sustainability and corporate social responsibility in interventions designed around everyday community needs.
Rather than viewing innovation solely through the products and appliances it places in homes, LG is increasingly positioning technology as a tool for creating broader social value.
Turning Technology Into Everyday Impact
Speaking at the commissioning, Paul Mba, Head of Corporate Marketing, LG Electronics Nigeria, said the company believes technology has its greatest value when its impact can be experienced in people’s daily lives.
“For us, innovation has its greatest value when people can feel its impact in their everyday lives.”
According to Mba, LG’s responsibility extends beyond providing technology to consumers to identifying areas where its capabilities can make a meaningful difference in surrounding communities.
He described access to clean water as a fundamental human need and said combining water infrastructure with renewable energy demonstrates how technology and social responsibility can work together.
The Kaduna intervention, he added, reflects LG’s determination to create social value across Nigeria while strengthening its relationship with the communities where it operates.
For Nariya Rigasa, Water Means More Than Infrastructure
While the project carries significance for LG’s broader sustainability strategy, its immediate importance is perhaps best understood through the experiences of the people who will use it.
Alhaji Zakariyya Ya’u, Head of Nariya Rigasa Village, described the borehole as an important contribution to the community’s wellbeing.
“Water touches every part of community life.”
He said easier and more reliable access to water would benefit households, children and everyday activities, while expressing appreciation to LG for responding directly to a need identified within the community.
For the traditional leadership of Yakin Nariya, the project also demonstrates how corporate-community partnerships can translate into lasting development.
Alhaji Jamiu Yakubu, Sarki of Yakin Nariya, said meaningful development occurs when communities, their leaders and responsible organisations work together.
“What LG Electronics has provided is not simply a facility to commission today; it is an investment that our people will use every day.”
His comment captures an important distinction in modern corporate social responsibility: the value of an intervention should increasingly be measured by what it continues to deliver long after the cameras and commissioning ceremonies have moved on.
Why the Project Matters Particularly to Women
The availability of water also has a disproportionate impact on women, who frequently shoulder much of the household responsibility associated with sourcing, managing and using water.
Hajia Fatimat Sanni, Women Leader of Nariya Rigasa, said the intervention would ease some of the daily pressures faced by women and families.
“For women, access to water is not an abstract issue.”
She noted that water is central to cooking, washing, childcare and household management, adding that having a more accessible source could reduce the difficulties associated with obtaining water while freeing up time for other responsibilities.
The perspective underscores the wider social impact of seemingly basic infrastructure.
A borehole is not merely a physical asset. Reliable access to water can influence household routines, women’s time, children’s welfare and the overall wellbeing of a community.
Solar Power Adds a Sustainability Dimension
The decision to power the borehole with solar energy also gives the intervention an environmental and resilience dimension.
The solar-powered model reduces dependence on conventional grid electricity and provides a potentially more sustainable approach to community water infrastructure, particularly in areas where reliable electricity supply can be challenging.
The initiative is part of a broader sustainability direction associated with LG Electronics Nigeria under Managing Director Hyoungsub Sub Ji.
The approach mirrors the company’s earlier intervention in Uyo, which was similarly designed to operate independently of the national grid.
By combining water access with renewable energy, LG is effectively addressing two infrastructure challenges at once—access to water and dependable power for the system that delivers it.
From CSR to Purpose-Driven Innovation
The Nariya Rigasa project also reflects a broader evolution in corporate social responsibility.
For companies operating in increasingly conscious markets, communities and consumers are looking beyond what brands sell. They are increasingly interested in how companies use their resources, whether their stated values translate into action and whether their interventions create lasting value.
For Moses Osime, Public Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, LG Electronics Nigeria, this is at the heart of the company’s approach.
“CSR becomes meaningful when it responds to a genuine need and continues creating value after the commissioning ceremony is over.”
Osime said LG wants its interventions to be relevant to people’s lives, sustainable within communities and aligned with the company’s broader commitment to improving quality of life.
That philosophy moves corporate responsibility away from one-off donations towards interventions that are designed around need, sustainability and measurable human impact.
Building a National Footprint of Community Investment
The Kaduna project is particularly significant because it forms part of a wider LG community water initiative spanning Nigeria’s geopolitical zones.
With 19 solar-powered boreholes now donated across different states, the company is beginning to establish a recognisable footprint of community-focused investment built around technology and sustainability.
The strategy also creates a different way of understanding the role of a global technology company in an emerging market.
LG’s contribution is not limited to selling appliances, electronics and other consumer technologies. Through initiatives such as the solar-powered water programme, the company is attempting to demonstrate how its technological capabilities can be applied to challenges that directly affect quality of life.
Innovation Beyond the Home
The significance of the Nariya Rigasa intervention ultimately lies in its simplicity.
For the company, it represents an intersection of innovation, renewable energy, sustainability and corporate responsibility.
For the community, it represents something much more immediate: a source of water that can be accessed closer to home.
That difference in perspective is precisely what gives purpose-driven innovation its meaning.
As Nigerian communities continue to face infrastructure challenges, corporate interventions will increasingly be judged not by the scale of their announcements but by the durability and relevance of the solutions they leave behind.
In Nariya Rigasa, LG Electronics is demonstrating that technology does not always have to arrive as a sophisticated device or digital platform.
Sometimes, innovation can be as fundamental as using sustainable technology to make clean water more accessible to the people who need it most.
