Water-borne diseases loom in Afeyin-Olukuta community - Residents

Date: 2011-06-14

Residents of Afeyin-Olokuta Community in the Ilorin East Local Government area of Kwara state have called on both the local and state governments in the state to come to their rescue and save them from the imminent outbreak of water-born diseases in the area.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune when the correspondent visited the community recently, a community leader in the area, Alagba Alli Akano, said the area lacked potable water supply, adding that the borehole provided by the government had long stopped functioning to supply water for the use of the people.

The community leader, who said that the people of the area had resorted to digging well to get water supply, added that they were open to water borne diseases since the source of the water was not treated.

He also lamented that their children and wards went on long journey in search of water as those with dug wells were not many in the agrarian community, while calling on the governments to provide potable water supply for them to ameliorate their sufferings.

Akano also said the people looked up to the new administration in the state to solve their problems having suffered neglect by past administrations in the state.

The community leader, who said the area has only one primary and secondary school, added that the school could no longer accommodate the growing population of pupils in the community, calling on the government to establish more primary and secondary schools in the area.

“We could have embarked on construction of more schools in the area, but we are financially incapacitated. We are poor peasant farmers and we want our children to be educated to provide us better living standard in the nearest future,” he said.

He also said that the access road leading to the community is bad and un-motorable, adding that the school teachers in the area always put sand and stones on dangerous spots to make thems passable especially during rainy season.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Mahee Abdulkadir     Olupako Of Share     Mufutau Olatinwo     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     JMK Construction Company Limited     AbdulHamid Adi     FOMWAN     Naira Redesign     Women Radio     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Bola Tinubu     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Musa Abdullahi     A.O. Belgore     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Bursary     Na\'Allah     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Wahab Agbaje     Kwasu     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Binta Sulyman     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Wasiu Odewale     Borgu     Okedare     Aiyedun     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Agboola Abdulraheem     Woro     Ahmad Uthman     ASMAU PLAZA     Olosi Of Osi     Innocent Okoye     PharmAccess Foundation     Ilorin General Hospital     IESA     Balikis Jawondo     Tsado Manman     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Sulu Gambari     Hassan Oyeleke     SSUCOEN     Yusuf Aiyedun     Kolawole Akande     KFA     Yusuf Mubarak     Abubakar Suleiman     Lai Mohammed     Kwara State Government     Adisa Logun     Makama     Code Of Conduct     Fatimat Saliu     Rafiu Ajakaye     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Ghali Muhammed     Ijakadi     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Tope Daramola     Harafat E. Mukadam     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Ashiru     Eleja     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Tanke     Olatunde Michaels     Tinubu     ANCOPPS     Yusuf A. Usman     Afonja     TESCOM 2025     Fatai Olodo     Elese Of Igbaja     Mogaji Aare     ASUU    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abubakar Atiku     Ghali Muhammed     Alabe     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Oyedepo     Just Event Online     John Kehinde Salako     Damilola Yusuf     NIPR     Kazeem Oladepo     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Bluenile Associates     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Kunle Suleiman     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ogbondoroko     Fatimoh Lawal     Just Law Forum     Abatemi Usman     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Olabode Towoju     Moronfoye     Michael Nzekwe     Ademola Kiyesola     Ajikobi     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Alabere     Shaaba Lafiagi     Grillo     Valsolar Consortium     Undergraduate Bursary     Ileloke     Marufat Oladosu     Ayegbeni     Dairo Kunle Paul     Lanre Jimoh     Kwara NIPR     Nupe     Alanamu     Ramadan     Zara Umar     Noah Yusuf     Tunji Oyawoye     Raymond Olaitan     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Emir Of Yashikira     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Kulende     Ibrahim Labaika     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Ilofa     CACOVID Palliatives     Kawu Baraje     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Tunde Oyawoye     Salman Jawondo     Flights To Ilorin     Mohammed Haruna     Timothy Akangbe     Adijat Adebiyi     Orire     Yemi Sanni     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Maigidasanma     Gambari     Kwara Hotel     AbdulGafar Tosho