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.

Ayinde Oki     Tuesday Assayomo     Issa Baba     Abdulwahab Oba     International Vocational Centre     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Akanji     George Funsho Adebayo     Tayo Awodiji     Haliru Dantoro     Popo-Igbonna     Saheed Alakoso     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Titus Ashaolu     Aremu Odolaye     Cornelius Adebayo     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Javed Khan     Ayo Adeyemi     Abdulwahab Ololele     Aminat Omodara     Abubakar B.M     Ajia-Bako     Pakata Patriots     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Tsaragi/Share     Ahmad Belgore     Toyosi Thomas     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     NFAI     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ibrahim Mohammed     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Segun Adeniyi     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Kuliyan Geri     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Halimah Perogi     Ajuloopin     Ubandawaki     Muhammed Akanbi     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Moses Rahman Popoola     Saad Omo Iya     IYA YUSUF     Emir Of Ilorin     Samuel Adaramola     Hamidu Olowo     Quranic Recitation Competition     Alimi     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Shero     Simeon Sule Ajibola     UNILORIN Alumni     Al-Adaby     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Sulyman Buhari     Oloyede     Abubakar Atiku     Doyin Group     Abubakar Aliagan     Okin Biscuits     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     IEDPU     TESCOM 2025     Abegunde Goke     ER-KANG Mining     NULGE     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Age AbdulKareem     Idiagbon     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Olatunji Moronfoye     AGF Abdulrazaq     Ajasse-Ipo     Wole Oke     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Gbugbu     Mujtabah Bature     Saka Isau     ASKOMP     Tunji Moronfoye     AbdulHamid Adi     Abubakar Usman Jos     Kisira     LAK Jimoh     Segun Olawoyin     Temitope Ogunbanke     Makama Of Kaiama     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Raimi Iyanda     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Ballah     Bilikisu Gambari     Adedipe     Shoprite     Marafan Shonga     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Innocent Okoye     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Yetunde Balogun     Maigida Soludero Transit     Ilorin.Info     Abdullahi Biffo     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Sabitiyu Grillo     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Florence Saraki     Babaita     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Jare Olatundun     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Doyin Group     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ajidagba     Moronfoye     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Suleiman Mora Omar     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Elerin Of Adanla     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Michael Nzekwe     Yinka Aluko     Shonga     KW-GIS     Garba Dogo     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Unilorin FM     SDP     Zara Umar     Harafat E. Mukadam     Admiralty Villa     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Olupako     Lateef Alagbonsi     Kwara Polytechnic     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Pakata Development Association