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.
Salihu Jibril Garbi Olupako Islamiya Abdulraheem Folashade Omoniyi Dogara Quareeb Islamic Association V.O. Abioye Oloje Obasanjo Innocent Okoye Oloyede Daud Adeshola Shuaib Boni Aliyu Ilorin Talaka Parapo Baba Issa Awoye Monsurat Omotosho Just Event Online Binta Abubakar-Mora TVC Female National Debate Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union Olatunde Olukoya Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan Ilorin Oladimeji Thompson Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Moshood Kashimawo Abiola Musa Yeketi Olatunji Bamgbola Amosa Musa Ayinla Yeketi Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Segun Olawoyin Seun Bolaji Mufutau Olatinwo Funmilayo Zubair Ahmad Uthman Prince Bola Ajibola Baboko Primary School Bayo Lawal Shettima Kazeem Oladepo Metro Park Admiralty Villa CCEPE JUSUN Madawaki Kwabes Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Eleja Taiwo Banu Kola Ologbondiyan IYA YUSUF Oye Tinuoye Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners David Adesina Mope Dasuki Belgore Kumbi Titiloye Offorjama Salaudeen Oyewale Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Halimat Yusuf Ilorin East Lanre Jimoh Face Masks Bola Magaji Awili Pedro Ajike People Support Centre Abdulmumini Jawondo Sheriff Olanrewaju Shao Rapheal Ashaolu Emir Of Shonga Afonja Pakata Funke Adedoyin Omu Aran

