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.

Sanitation Exercise     Shettima Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Abikan     Bello Oyedepo     Manzuma     Ita-Ore     Bankole Omishore     KSIRS     Yusuf Arowosaye     Wahab Isa     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Moses Adekanye     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Elewu     Dorcas Afeniforo     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Raymond Olaitan     Olusegun Adeniyi     Ogbondoroko     Ope Saraki     Ayo Adeyemi     Olaitan Adefila     Arca Santa     Hassan Taiye Salam     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Saka Asiat Ayinke     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Borgu     Shettima     National Broadcasting Commission     KFA     Computer Based Test     National Democratic Congress     Mahe Abdulkadir     Maja     Taiwo Joseph     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Wahab Abayawo     Saka Isau     KWAFFA     John Mayokun Dada     Olupako Of Share     Prince Bola Ajibola     Egbewole     Oko Erin     Just Event Online     LABTOP     Afeyin-Olukuta     Femi Gbajabiamila     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Aliyu U. Tilde     National Association Of Nigerian Students     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Chief Of Staff     Aminu Ado Bayero     Solomon Edojah     Saad Omo\'ya     CACOVID Palliatives     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Shuaibu Yaman     V.O. Abioye     University Road     National Information Technology Development Agency     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Mohammed Abdulahi     Jamiu Oyawoye     Suleiman Mora Omar     Isapa     James Kolo     Quareeb Islamic Association     Garba Idris Ajia     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Ramadan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Convocation Ceremonies     Elelu     Olusola Saraki     Bluenile Associates     Forgo Battery     Ahmed Dankaya     Mohammed Saidu     Balogun Gambari     Ibrahim Mohammed     Abdulraheem Olesin     Eghe Igbinehi     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Roseline Oni Aremu     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Yakub Ali-Agan     Abdulazeez Arowona     Bilikis Oladimeji     Durbar     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Sa\'adu Gambari     Ileloke     Suleiman Abubakar     Omotoso     Modibbo Kawu     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Budo-Egba     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Onilorin     Oloyede     Ahmad Belgore     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Ajia-Bako     Kwara State Fire Service     Sun Qing Rong     Pakata     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     KWIRS     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Salihu Ajia     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Olateju Lukman     Riskat Opakunle     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Ahmed Bayero     Firdaos Amasa     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Gbajabiamila     Ibrahim Akaje     Hauwa Nuru     MalHub     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Razak Atunwa     Oke Sunna     Taofik Abdulkareem     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Moshood Bakare     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     QuickWin     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     2023 Elections     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Fawenu     Wasiu Onidugbe     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Lai Gobir     Oko-Erin     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity