Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola
has assured Lagosians of his administration’s commitment to ensuring
that every citizen of the state, particularly rural dwellers, has access
to potable water.
Fashola spoke during the inauguration of
the Igborosun Micro Water Scheme in Badagry Local Government, according
to a statement by the Ministry of Rural Development on Monday.
The governor, who was represented by the
Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, said his passion for
providing potable water especially for the rural dwellers, had
complimented the efforts of the state water corporation with other water
designs in the semi-urban and rural areas where the corporation could
not extend its services to.
He said, “So far, this administration
has provided 445 water projects of various designs in these rural and
semi urban areas depending on the population and topography of the areas
in the last six years.
“We have also approved the construction
of additional 28 water projects this year in the rural and semi urban
areas of the state to complement the existing ones.
“These water projects consist of 10
solar-powered modified Type A water project, 13 modified Type A water
projects and five Type A water projects.
“This administration will continue to construct more water projects until every part of the state has access to potable water.”
Commissioner for Rural Development, Mr.
Cornelius Ojelabi, in his remarks, said the water project was sited at
the community to transform the lives of the people of Igborosun and its
environs.
He appealed to the people to take ownership of the project and ensure that it was well maintained and protected from vandals.
The scheme, according to him, has a
production capacity of 60,000 litres of water per run and three runs per
day, which will translate into 180,000 litters per day
Chairman of Badagry LGA,
Mr. Husitode Dosu, said if the people protected the project from
vandals, the government would be willing to do other projects for them.
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Dr (Mrs) Balogun, a big oga at LSWC always not feeling like cooperating with other public functionaries like The Water Safety Programme of the FGN. This poor attitude of hers is unbecoming of someone of her status in Lagos State Public Service.
ReplyDeleteI commend the effort of the lagos state govt.These are set of officers I believe might have graduated from the former action governor's school- Baba Jakande.
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