By Biola Lawal
Oshogbo (Flowerbudnews): Osun State Government has rehabilitated the state’s water works and sunk over 300 boreholes to ensure availability of portable water for citizens in both the urban and rural areas of the state.
Flowerbudnews reports that the resuscitated Osun State Water Works is now pumping and delivering pipe borne water to towns across the state, including Oshogbo, Ikirun, Ede, Irepa, Awo, Ebedi, Erin and Origbo.
Other towns currently being serviced with water from the rehabilitated water works located in Ede, included Edun-Abon, Ode-Omu, Gbongan and Ede road, Ife among others.
Speaking in an interview with Flowerbudnews on the achievements and efforts of the Gov. Ademola Adeleke Administration to provide portable water to all the nook and cranny of the state, Hon. Bashir Tokunbo Salami, the Commissioner for Special Duties said that the government was determined to restore the glory of Osun state in quality water production and provision.
Flowerbudnews recall that Osun state had, way back in 1998, won an award from UNESCO for being the state having the BEST and SAFEST Pipe Borne water in Nigeria.
Hon. B. T. Salami said that the state government had also introduced SMALL TOWN WATER SCHEMES to further localise provision of healthy and uninterrupted safe water to the people in small-small towns across the state from their nearby streams.
The Honourable Commissioner said that the government was targeting construction of about 37 such small towns’ water schemes.
Hon. Salami disclosed that towns to benefit from the scheme included Esa-Oke, Oke-Osun Orile-Owu among many others.
On boreholes, the Commissioner told Flowerbudnews that the state government was targeting the construction of additional over 300 boreholes across the state, all in efforts to ensure that no community suffer for portable water in the state.
Flowerbudnews confirmed that the 332 boreholes already completed and inaugurated by the Gov. Adeleke administration were provided with standby generators for maximum functioning.(Flowerbudnews)
