Residents of Abeokuta ,the Ogun State capital will soon begin to enjoy supply of potable water, following completion of rehabilitation of a dam project in the Arakanga water works in the city, by the State Government
Eaglesforesight🦅 observed that most of the residents in several parts of the city, have been suffering for lack of potable water for months.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Water Resources and Special Duties, Engr. Adekunle Otun who revealed this while featuring on a Television personality programme, explained that the distribution would be done gradually until the three Senatorial Districts had been covered.
Otun said the rehabilitation of the Arakanga dam which commenced in 2020, was to enable it to abstract enough water for treatment and replacement of pipes,
He added that rehabilitation of the dam also necessitated the deliberate shutdown of other sub-stations, which would soon be restored as the dam gates had been successfully installed.
“We are confident that the completion of Arakanga Water Works will make every home enjoy water supply, and this will be done bit by bit, until we ensure that all parts of the State have access to potable water supply”, he said.
The Special Adviser said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently signed with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, towards rehabilitating Ota Water Scheme in Ado-Odo Local Government Area.
Otun added that the Ogun State Water Corporation had also fixed some boreholes and rehabilitated the Yemoji Water Scheme at Ijebu-Ode, saying power support was being done at Papalanto, while laying of pipes is on-going in Ilaro to ensure that no area was left out in the distribution of potable water supply.
