I have reported this several times and cases that support that keeps coming up.

Now,we are at the heart of the raining season in Nigeria and this unavoidably implies huge volumes of flood water whenever it rains. With Wells filling up and green plants springing up, the undesired is that soil surfaces in some places are being washed away resulting in gradual erosion(I will still report on challenges of erosion though).

In my university, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka,the rain is in its full element. It not only disrupts construction works going on in the school, it also exposes the need for a strong,university-wide drainage system which will connect and channel water throughout the university appropriately.

We have drainage channels in our school,but it's yet to go round the entire school hence,when the flood water flows from one part of the school (with good drainage channel) to the other(without any good drainage channel),it destroy the environment there and sometimes hampers movement temporarily.

Again,due to the fact that the drainage system in the school community is not entirely homogenous, when it rains,a part of the water is fairly good enough to harbour aquatic life while the other is not and it greatly reduces the number of aquatic organisms in our university with has great biodiversity potentials.

Around this time last year, we experienced a huge turnout of fishes in some locations within the school where the drainage channels where blocked, by waste materials or huge woods,making it difficult for the fishes to flow through.

The fishes had no other option that to jump out, with the water current, to the ground and passersby couldn't believe what they saw as their luck as they simply packed the fishes home while some deliberately turned fishermen at that time.

The same situation may repeat itself this year and that's part of what I am working hard to prevent.

However, the university authority is aware of the aforementioned drainage challenges and are seriously working on improving the condition.

First, many construction projects are going on now in the school with many road construction projects accompanied by well-channelled drainages. So far,the drainages have ended any sight of stagnant water within the school and when complete,will be hugely helpful.

Also,some departments and faculties in the university have constructed or are constructng their own drainages to make it easier for the central authority to do others.

In my own capacity as an Eco-Generation ambassador to Nigeria and a student of the school, I will do my best to help achieve the best possible environment for my university as I want it to be a model for the state in environment protection.

I have already mapped out my plans at achieving this which will kick start after paying a courtesy visit to our new Vice-chancellor who resumed duties about three months ago. I had wanted to visit his predecessor before he left office but it was too close to the election time for the new Vice-chancellor of the university so he didn't have the chance to receive me.

But then,from the first months of our new Vice-chancellor in office,he has shown willingness to encourage and sometimes support young people in making positive impact within the university, he is so much eager to make our university a model university and take it to a high level and I am sure he will be interested in building and protecting a perfect environment for the university community.

I hope to make it happen.