Kwara Blames Power Outage, Saboteurs For Water Shortage

Date: 2016-04-13

The Kwara State Government yesterday blamed the low level of water supply to Ilorin metropolis on epileptic power supply.

The state commissioner for Water Resources, Barr Rasaq Akorede said the state would require, at least, 18 hours of uninterrupted power supply to its water works as against the current fours supply to ensure adequate water supply in Ilorin, the state capital.

He also blamed vandalisation of its booster stations by people described as "saboteurs" as one of the major challenges responsible for the inadequate water supply in the state.

Akorede stated this during a ministerial press briefing at the state's ministry of Information and Communications.

He said that the state government had so far committed over N5 billion out of N6.5 billion proposed for water reticulation projects in the state but blamed ,"power challenge and acts of sabotage" for the current water challenge facing residents.

Akorede said the Asa dam water works which has capacity to produce at least 25.5 million of gallons of water daily at full capacity is currently producing at less than 15 per cent.

He said the state has a total of 94 water works, most of which are not functioning at full capacity due to erratic poor power supply in the state.

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