Water is Life. Access to safe water contributes to improved health and prevents infectious disease. Lack of potable water supply has been a huge problem in Ondo State even as the immediate past administration abandoned the Owena dam project initiated by the late Olusegun Agagu’s administration.

When Governor Akeredolu assumed office in February 24th , 2017, the percentage of public water supply in the state was less than four percent. Spur by his determination to provide potable water supply in the state, Governor Akeredolu initiated the “Kamomi Aketi ” water Scheme. Today, the Ondo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RUWASSA) led by the Executive Chairman appointed by the Governor, Mrs Yetunde Adeyanju has touched almost every communities across the state.

Most significant is the Accelerated water scheme which was commissioned in Ayede Ogbese by the Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu . The Ayede Ogbese water scheme has 5km reticulation and distribution network with a storage tank of 50m capacity that would discharge at full capacity twice a day with 100 public standpipes, 200 fetching points while one fetching point will serve 50 people.

Impressed by the success recorded in “Kamomi Aketi Accelerated Water Scheme” , the Federal Government has adopted the model for all states across the federation.

The era of fetching water from a stream that is likely to be affected by poor disposal of human waste is gone in Ondo state. Over 950 water facilities have been rehabilitated across the state while new ones are being sunk. It’s indeed, a new era. In Ondo State, the Sun is shining!

SOURCE: https://citadelng.com/portable-water-supply-akeredolu-records-another-significant-stride/