How we restored regular water supply in Kwara–Commissioner

The Kwara government has attributed the regular supply of water to the people of the state within the last few months to the massive rehabilitation of major dams and waterworks.

The Kwara Commissioner for Water Resources, Hajia Arinola Lawal,said in Ilorin on Wednesday that the administration at its inception in 2019 had made tackling the perennial water scarcity in the state  one of its priorities.

Ekiti PDP mocks Fayemi over lawmakers’ resolution to name 8 years uncompleted project after him

According to her, the government has successfully rehabilitated Asa and Agba dams as well as Kaiama, Gwanara, Patigi, Oro-Ago and Igbaja waterworks, all  located across the three senatorial districts.

“I think with this step, we are able to treat water and pump it to the people of the state.

“When we first came in, we looked into the water situation in the state because this is a listening government that wishes to deliver dividends of democracy to the doorsteps of its people,” she said.

To achieve and maintain the consistency in the supply of water, the commissioner, who did not cite figures, said a lot of money was pumped into the rehabilitation of the waterworks.

“What we met on ground was nothing to write home about. Most of our waterworks were not functioning.

“Some had been vandalised in the past five to eight years. The ones that were even functioning on our arrival lacked the needed chemicals, electricity and adequate maintenance.

“This is one of the things that our government has been able to do and achieve in a very short period of time,” Lawal said. (NAN)