Kwara Government Declares Five Oke-Ero Communities Open Defecation-Free
The Kwara State Government has declared five communities in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara South Senatorial District as open defecation-free.
This announcement was made by the Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Usman Yunusa Lade, during the World Toilet Day celebration held in Ilofa, the headquarters of Oke-Ero LGA.
The certified communities include Imode, Ayedun, Egosi, Ilaojigi, and Ilofa, marking significant progress in the state's sanitation drive.
The commissioner, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Christiana Asonibare, said this year's World Toilet Day was tagged 'Toilet: A Place of Peace'.
Lade explained that the state government recently paid the sum of N300 million as counterpart funding for the exercise as part of its commitment to eradicating open defecation in the state.
He emphasised that the same thing was going on in the other two senatorial districts of Kwara Central and North.
Lade thanked the hosting local government's chairman, traditional rulers, union leaders, market women, community leaders and the state government for their support and cooperation towards the success of the project.
Also speaking, the General Manager of the State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), Ilorin, Mr Olorunfemi Oladipo, described the project as the first of its kind in the state.
He urged the benefitting communities to maintain the facilities and protect them from vandalism, adding that with the cooperation and support of major stakeholders, the council would soon achieve a 100% status in the rest of the communities.
Addressing the gathering on behalf of the royal fathers, the Elegosi of Egosi, Oba Daniel Dada, said the project was meant to safeguard their lives.
Oba Dada appealed to the state government to provide the communities with sanitary inspectors that would ensure compliance with sanitary principles of using the facilities.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Abdulkareem Alabi Yemi Osinbajo Femi Gbajabiamila Abdulmutalib Shittu Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro Mohammed Abdulahi Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory Sabo-Oke MATTA Girls Foundation Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman NIRSAL Ibrahim Oloriegbe AbdulRauf Keji Iponrin Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Kwara 2015 Salihu Ajia Sa\'adu Salau Simon Sayomi Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission International Aviation College Farouk Salim Joseph Offorjama Saidu Yaro Musa Olawuyi Mohammed Ibrahim Bisi Oyeleke Oniwasi Agbaye Fatai Adeniyi Garba Okin Biscuit M.Y. Abdulrahaman Tosin Saraki Dele Belgore College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies Salihu Alhaji Musa Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Isiaka Abdulrazak Tuesday Assayomo Zulkifli Ibraheem Mufti Of Ilorin ER-KANG Mining IPSAS Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Tunji Arosanyin Harafat E. Mukadam Okin High School Park Abdulraheem Olesin Ilorin Emirate Afetu Of Alabe Diagnostic Centre Aliyu Adebayo Abikan CCB AbdulRahman Saad Gbugbu Baba Issa Awoye Gobirawa Alapado Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Mahee Abdulkadir John Kehinde Salako Rachael Obisesan Abioye Bello Olatunji Ayeni Irepodun Joseph Daudu Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin Yakubu Dogara Abdulazeez Arowona Jelili Yusuf Share/Tsaragi Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman Olota Of Odo-Owa Ahmed \'Lateef Imam Gambari Sarah Jubril

