Water plants inaugurated in Kwara state

Date: 2019-11-16

The Federal Government on Thursday in Ilorin inaugurated two million cubic metres water plants in Malete, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara.

The construction and upgrading of the waterworks were at the instance of the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA).

The Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, who inaugurated the project, alongside the Managing Director of LNRBDA, Dr Adeniyi Saheed Aremu, said the government was committed to the provision of clean water to the people.

Speaking to Journalists on the sidelines of the project inauguration, Adamu said the federal government was making effort to ensure water sanitation, one of the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).

The minister said that provision of clean water was a fundamental human right of every citizen.

He assured that the government would not rest until Nigerians have access to clean water.

"Anything pertaining to water sanitation is critical to us. "Water is the most important ingredient of life. "We are doing everything that we can to ensure that Nigeria meets its target for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). "Even without a sustainable goal, people are entitled to clean water and sanitation because it is a basic human right," Adamu said.

"But it is a fundamental human right of everybody to be given access to clean water for health and development."

He congratulated the management of the LNRBDA for this the project, saying the scheme means a lot to the government.

The minister, who also spoke on the launching of 'Open Defecation Free Campaign', said the federal government would ensure that the country was free of the menace in the next six years.

"We are prepared for the launch of the open defecation free (ODF) campaign on Nov. 19, in Abuja.

"As I keep saying, the launching is not the end; it is just the beginning.

"We have also been working on this ODF programme for a long time, but we need to scale it up,"the minister said.

The Managing Director, Turning Point Engineering Limited, Mr Kayode Sangoyomi, who handled the project, said that it was awarded in 2013 with the capacity to supply two million cubic metres of water to residents of Malete and its environs daily.

"The project comprises of a new dam of about 8.2 metres high, 400metres.

"Another component of the project is treatment plant.

"The former one has a capacity for 22.5 cubic metres per hour (225,000 litres per hour) while the new one, which will complement the existing one, has a capacity of 50,000 litres per hour," Sangoyomi said.

The minister also commissioned the Sobi Water Works, which was rehabilitated by the LNRBDA.

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Folorunsho Alao     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Tunde Yusuf     Tope Daramola     Playing Host     Rasaq Jimoh     SAPZ Project     Kanu Agabi     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Kumbi Titiloye     Monkey Pox     Bello John Olanrewaju     Owo Isowo     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     KWSUED     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Aremu Bose Deborah     Osuwa     Code Of Conduct     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Ali Ahmad     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Okasanmi Ajayi     Kwara State Sports Commission     Rachael Obisesan     Gbugbu International Market     2017 Budget     Gbenga Adebayo     Fatai Olodo     Kunle Akogun     Oro Grammar School     Alabe     Abubakar Usman Jos     Saka Abimbola Isau     Tanke Road     Edret Sabi Abel     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Olabanji Orilonishe     Yoruba     Sabi     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Tunde Kazeem     Roheemat Hammed     Doyin Awoyale     Dagbalodo     Sebastine Obasi     Garba Dogo     Bukola Ajikobi     Adijat Adebiyi     Salake     Makama Of Ilorin     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Ademola Kiyesola     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Gobir Organization Foundation     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Sulyman Tejidini     Irepodun     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Mahee Abdulkadir     NaAllah     HICA     Bayo Ojo     Salman Suleiman     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Ajikobi     YAKOOYO     Ariyo     Coronavirus     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Umar Ayinla Saro     Abdullahi Atanda     Tafida Of Ilorin     Senate President    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Folashade Omoniyi     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Olugbense     Fatai Olodo     Kola Olota     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Bibire Ajape     Emir Of Yashikira     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Oyelere Oyinloye     Kwara State Government     Nurudeen Mohammed     Elerinjare     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Okin Malt     Ramadhan     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Sam Okaula     Isiaka Gold     John Obuh     Ridwan Agboola     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Playing Host     College Of Health     GANZY     Ajia-Bako     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Omoniyi Ayinla     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     CCEPE     Magaji Erubu     Sabi     Ndakene     Muhammadu Buhari     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Adama Isa     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Bello Bature     Adeola Abraham     Ajuloopin     Gwanara     Nigerian Medical Association     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     International Aviation College     Gbajabiamila     Sanitation Exercise     Habeeb Saidu     Fola Consultant     Bola Tinubu     Oko-Olowo     Harafat E. Mukadam     Issa Baba     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Saliu Alamoyo     Adamu Attah     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     KSIRS     Pacify Labs     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Mogaji Aare     Binta Sulyman     NIRSAL     George Innih     AGM Professional Services     AbdulGafar Tosho     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Federal Allocation     Kwara State Polytechnic     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Kwara University Of Education     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Valsolar     Emmanuel Bello     Ayinde Oki     Plat Technologies Limited