Group raises alarm over lack of water in Kwara community
A recent study on needs of 2,764 communities in Kwara state by an anti-corruption civil society organization in Nigeria, the Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), has revealed that 408 communities in the state never had any water project in their lifetime.
Presenting the report carried out in the 193 wards of the state under its Citizens Enlightenment and Mobilization Programme (CEMP), sponsored by the Gobir Organisation Foundation, the ENetSuD Coordinator, Dr. Alagbonsi Abdullateef, said that, thus, residents of the affected communities, “either drink from dirty ground water source or travel long distance to source water from other communities”.
The group also said that at least 1,964 communities in the state had existing boreholes that had become damaged/faulty and needed to be repaired to continue serving the people.
“These are in addition to communities that had abandoned water projects and non-functional waterworks”, he said.
Dr. Abdullateef, who said that a total of 1,105 communities were assessed in Kwara North senatorial district and 761 in Kwara South senatorial district, added that 898 communities were assessed in Kwara Central senatorial district.
The needs of Kwara communities were categorized into 29 and all communities were assessed to determine their needs from the categories.
“In the electricity sector, ENetSuD identified 915 communities that had never been connected to electricity source and had never enjoyed electricity in their lifetime because of lack of availability of any electrification facility, while 221 communities had electrification projects aimed at providing electricity that were not completed and had now been abandoned.
The report contained 624 communities in Kwara state that do not have primary school and rely on distant communities for primary school education for their pupils, which 1,599 communities do not have easy access to secondary schools across the state. Moreover, 967 communities have schools with insufficient staff like teachers and support staff.
Similarly, ENetSuD identified 1,738 communities that do not have easy access to primary healthcare across the state but rely on distant communities to access healthcare services.
“On road infrastructure, over 2,300 communities need their roads to be (re)constructed, while over 2,100 communities need grading of their roads to make them motorable. On communication, there is lack of GSM network in 593 communities of Kwara State.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Erubu Yusuf A. Usman Olukotun Of Ikotun Adekunle David Dunmade Mohammed Ghali Alaaya Ahmed Alhasssan Ballah Unicontinental Construction Company Joseph Offorjama JAAC Student Learning Support Helpline Neuropsychiatric Hospital MMWG Kubra Kazum Tafida Of Kaiama Salihu Ajia Jalala Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman Ibrahim Oloriegbe Funke Adedoyin Amuda Aluko Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng Lai Mohammed Taofeeq Olateju General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Onilorin Of Ilorin Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Academic Staff Union Of Universities Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari Mohammed Kamaludeen Musa Alhassan Buge Onilorin Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi Samari ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Kwara State Internal Revenue Service National Information Technology Development Agency Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Okanlawon Taiwo Senior Ibrahim Suleiman Ileloke Yusuf Amuda Aluko Mope Dasuki Belgore ITP Omotoso Suraj Tunji Oyewale Kumbi Titilope Olupako Of Share Elerinjare-Ibobo NSCIA Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Sebastine Obasi Omoniyi Ayinla Abdulraheem Olesin COVID Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla Rachael Obisesan Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Owo Arugbo Isapa Okala Baba Dunmade Kunle Okeowo Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye Bibire Ajape AbdulRazaq Jiddah Olam Food Ingredients Flights To Ilorin Femi Agbaje Aliyu Salihu Lawal Arinola Kudirat Federal Road Maintenance Agency Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Jamiu Oyawoye

