Government Assures Olota Community of Safe Drinking Water

Delta State Government has promised to address the problem of potable water scarcity facing the people of Olota Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.
The state Commissioner for Water Resources Development Dr. Chris Oghenechovwen, gave this assurance in Asaba during a visit by delegates of the community who came to inform him about the situation.

Responding to the delegates, Oghenechovwen said he was he was already aware of the problem following a report to that effect from the Ughelli North and South Zonal Manager of the State Urban Water Board to the Director of Technical Services at the board’s headquarters in Asaba.

He disclosed that the ministry was finalising arrangements to dispatch a team of experts to be headed by the Director of Technical Services to assess the situation, adding that the ministry is bent on providing a lasting solution to the problem.
The commissioner assured the people that the state government, through his ministry, is working hard to provide safe and potable drinking water in all nooks and crannies of the state, noting that the ministry has decentralised operations of the urban water board to ensure efficient service delivery.

He disclosed that a water laboratory was being built at the water board’s headquarters in Asaba, “where water would be subjected to laboratory analysis to ensure that it is safe for drinking.”
“They will bring water samples from the communities for laboratory analysis to enable us ascertain the state of water in the area, after which we will move in as quickly as possible” he added.

In his speech, Mr. Emmanuel Oshareogaga, the head of the delegates, informed the told the commissioner that five persons in the community were rushed to a hospital in the area, adding that they were confirmed to have been suffering from cholera disease.
He, therefore, appealed to the commissioner to use his office to urgently address the problem of lack of safe drinking water in the community.