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.

Galadima     Abraham Ojo     Kwara Hotel     Ladi Hassan     Guber Aspirant     Yusuf Lawal     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Garba Ado Sanni     Yemi Osinbajo     Sa\'adu Salahu     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     KWASIEC     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Crystal Corner Shops     Kunle Suleiman     Saheed Popoola     Ahmed \'Lateef     Salihu Yahaya     AbdulRauf Keji     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Gabriel Fashanu     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Apado     KWATMA     Olaiya Zuberu     Gbenga Adebayo     Chief Imam Of Offa     International Aviation College     Alliance For Democracy     Sidikat Alaya     Kolade Solagberu     Kaiama     KWTV     Atunwa     Diagnostic Centre     Kale Belgore     Abubakar Lah     Kola Olota     AGF Abdulrazaq     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Oba Abdulraheem     Maigida     Owo Isowo     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Iqra Books     Akorede     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Sadiq Umar     Alabere     CLAY POT     Binta Sulyman     Olatunji Moronfoye     Bisi Kristien     Musbau A. Akanji     Olupako Of Share     Okiki     Bolaji Gambari     Ghali Alaaya     Centre For Digital Economy     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Gaa Olobi     Ganiyu Taofiq     AGILE Programme     ENetSuD     Iyaloja-General     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Olatunde Jare     Radio SBS     Bankole Omisore     Oni Adebayo     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Kayode Alabi     Mufutau Olatinwo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Harmony Holdings     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Ayobami Seriki     Ayo Adeyemi     Okeose Christian Cementary     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Babajide Ajayi     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Wahab Egbewole     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Suleiman Idris     Bayer Nigeria Limited     JMK Construction Company Limited     Bolaji Nagode     08001000100     Jaiz Bank     Marufat Oladosu     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Oniwasi Agbaye     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Garba Idris Ajia     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Saliu Tunde Bello     Biliaminu Aliu     Yakubu Dogara     Lukman Adeloyin     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Afeyin-Olukuta     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Kamaldeen Gambari     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Taofik Mustapha     Hassan Taiye Salam     Adeniyi Ojo     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Esinrogunjo     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Yeketi     Peter Obi     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Ayo Opadokun     Hassan Saliu     Shehu Salau     Saka Isau     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Arik     Kola Ologbondiyan     Ganiyu Taofiq     Babatunde Idiagbon     Ijakadi     Baruba     NSCIA     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Harrison Osauwagboe     S.O. Opowoye     David Adesina     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Unilorin FM     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Sanusi Abubakar     Dele Momodu     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Share     Oniyangi     Borgu     07039448763     Lanre Aremu     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Sa\'adu Salau     Gbenga Awoyale     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat