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.
Isapa Aishat Mohammed Lawal Abdulquawiy Olododo Abdul Jimoh Mohammed Boko Haram Kwara State Pension Board Waziri Yakubu Gobir Seed Technologies Igbomina Cassava Growers\' Association Abdullahi Biffo Iliasu Afolabi-Oshatimehin Ilorin Innovation Hub Garba Dogo International Aviation College TETFUND Mohammed Ibrahim ER-KANG Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo Jumoke Gafar AIT Ilorin Alagbado Abubakar Baba EndSARS Democracy Day Summit University Samuel Olusegun Adedayo Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye IsDB Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Anilelerin International Vocational Centre Joseph Yemi Ajayi Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah Ahmed Mohammed Rifun Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita Olomu Of Omu-Aran SSUCOEN Owo Arugbo Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab Salau Kabiru Abdullahi Ibrahim Jawondo Daud Adeshola Moses Afolayan Kwasu AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem KWACOBPA Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi Abubakar Imam NFAI Issa Memunat Moyosore Mubarak Oladosu Samuel Adedoyin High Court Bahago KWIRS Budo-Egba Yusuf Amuda Aluko Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Raji AbdulRasaq Olusegun Adeniyi Pilgrims Board Femi Oladiji CELF Ibrahim Gambari Abdulraheem Yusuf Bolakale Ayo Kwara State Council Of Chiefs Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Shuaib Abdulkadir Oba Abdulrahim Share/Tsaragi Mohammed Alabi Lawal Tunde Yusuf

