By Funmi Adekoya
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has distributed 332 Power generating sets to power the 332 recently completed boreholes across the 332 political wards in the state.
The powering of the borehole with generating sets marks the last stage of the mass water supply programme after the completion of 332 boreholes within the Governor’s 100 days in office.
The Governor who had also launched a statewide rehabilitation of water works across the major towns cited the borehole as an emergency intervention to address the problem of water shortage in the State.
Speaking during the official distribution of the power generating sets held at the government secretariat, Director of Water, Sanitation and Environment, Mr Olaoye Abayomi described the gesture as unprecedented in the history of the State.
Mr Abayomi noted that by World Organisation Standard, a borehole is to serve three thousand five hundred (3500) people which mean the Governor has provided water for about two million people in the State.
He maintained that powering the borehole with generating set is cost effective and sustainable, while local management of the borehole will ensure its durability and efficiency.
Commending the Governor for being passionate and concerned for water availability in all nooks and crannies of the State, the Director affirmed that the borehole project cannot fail based on the professionalism in the design and execution.
He however called on the local management committee to be alive to their responsibility, adding that each community must take ownership of the borehole project.
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