Kwara Government Declares Five Oke-Ero Communities Open Defecation-Free

Date: 2024-11-25

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.

Abubakar Atiku     Yahaya A Paniyaro     CACOVID     Kwara     Ekweremadu     Communication Network Support Services     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Moji Makanjuola     Kulende     Mogaji Aare     Makama     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Rasaq Jimoh     Mamman Saba Jibril     Tuesday Assayomo     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     TETFUND     Ilorin General Hospital     Kannike     Kola Bukoye     Amada Jidda     Nnazua     Eghe Igbinehin     Zaratu Umar     Toyin Abdullahi     COVID-19 Palliatives     Lai Gobir     Radio Kwara     March 18     Dele Momodu     Sulaiman Gado     Ilota     Tope Daramola     Bolakale Ayo     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Wale Oladepo     Aso Ofi     Esinrogunjo     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Ashiru     Bolaji Gambari     Umar Ayinla Saro     Teachers Specific Allowance     Irepodun     Alaro     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Gwanara     Oladimeji Thompson     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Apaola     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ndama Al-hassan     CKNG     UITH     Dogara     Kola Olota     Alabere     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Ijagbo Health Centre     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Iyiola Oyedepo     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Asa LGEA School     Ijagbo     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Belgore     Michael Ologundea     Folorunsho Erubu     Balogun Ajikobi     Saliu Alamoyo     Mike Omotosho     Shuaib Jawondo     Saliu Oluwole    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Monkey Pox     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     George Innih     Ahmed     Akume     Rasaq Jimoh     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Shettima     Michael Nzwekwe     Ganmo     Arandun     Code Of Conduct     Funmi Salau     Elections     Lai Gobir     Kunbi Titiloye     Mashood Dauda     VADA     Kola Olota     Musa Alhassan Buge     Imam Gambari     Kuliyan Geri     Aliyu Salihu     Ita-Nmo Market     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Isiaka Alikinla     Gurei     Law School Scholarship     IHS     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Wasiu Onidugbe     Mohammed Ibrahim     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Alfa Belgore     Lafiagi     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Mike Omotosho     Jebba     Adisa Logun     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Sunday Popo-Ola     Roseline Oni Aremu     MalHub     Rex Olawoye     Saka Isau     Ajibike Katibi     Segun Abifarin     Malete     Gambari     CCB     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Osi     Erubu     Aisha Gobir     Local Government     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Akanji     Taofik Abdulkareem     Oni Adebayo     Olusegun Adeniyi     Centre For Digital Economy     Sarkin Malamai     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Undergraduate Bursary     Ileloke     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Saka Aleshinloye     Third Estate     Funke Adedoyin     Overland     Kwara South     Oyawoye     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Bashir Adigun     Magaji Are