Group raises alarm over lack of water in Kwara community

Date: 2023-02-22

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.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alimi     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Innocent Okoye     Centre For Digital Economy     Hakeem Idris     Kayode Zubair     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Ahmad Belgore     ITEM 7     Oloje     Tsaragi     Sabi     Issa Manzuma     Vasolar Consortium     Taofik Mustapha     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Bisi Kristien     Saka Saadu     Umar Adelodun     Adebara     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Congress For National Consensus     CT Ayeni     Gbemisola Saraki     Aro Yahaya     Amusement Park     Sidikat Alaya     Okiki     Igbaja     Suleiman Ajadi     Baboko     Summit University     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Leke Ogungbe     Saduki Lafiagi     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Durosinlohun Kawu     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Gani Saadu     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Bankole Omishore     COVID     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Aminu Ado Bayero     Abdulfatai Baakini     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Offa Poly     Jani Ibrahim     Damilola Yusuf     IHS Towers     NAWOJ     Okanlawon Musa     Undergraduate Bursary     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Emir Of Ilorin     United Nigeria Airline     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Oke Sunna     Third Estate     Adesoye     Convocation Ceremonies     Yakub Lai Gobir     Michael Nzekwe     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Bello John Olanrewaju     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ilorin Water Reticulation     AIT Ilorin     SWAN     Wahab Egbewole     Kumbi Titiloye     Busari Alabi Alausa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sai Kayi     Kwara United     Ilorin East     March 28     Oluwole Dupe     Abiodun Oyedepo     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Kehinde Boyede     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Gbemisola Saraki     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Abdulazeez Uthman     Adegoke Bamidele     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Nigerian Army     Makama Of Kaiama     AbdulRahman Saad     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Omu-aran     Ibrahim Gambari     Hamid Bobboyi     Amos Bajeh     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Naira Redesign     Ilorin South Constituency     Saliu Tunde Bello     Galland Marcias     Ndakene     Eghe Igbinehi     Kanu Agabi     Senate Presidency     Akume     Ifelodun     Yusuf Arowosaye     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Sabi     Isa Aremu     Issa Oloruntogun     Shaaba Lafiagi     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     New Naira Notes     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Sun Qing Rong     Yusuf Ali     Revenue Court     Quran     Opobiyi     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Lawan     Mumeen Lah     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Yinka Aluko     Lai Gobir     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     John Kehinde Salako     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Olatunde Michaels     National Information Technology Development Agency     TIIDELab     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Cassava Growers\' Association     Ayekale     Temitope Ogunbanke     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Barakat Community Secondary School     Mamman Saba Jibril     James Ayeni     Umar Gunu     Abikan     Solomon Edoja     Tsado Manman     Alabere     Yahaya Seriki     Adesoye