Edo acquires 2 rigs to boost water supply
The Edo State government has acquired
two water rigs capable of drilling 1,400-metre deep boreholes, in order
to boost its rural water supply programme.
Governor Adams
Oshiomhole said this at Ekpoma in Edo State, on Wednesday, while
inaugurating one of the rigs deployed to Edo central senatorial
district for the drilling of boreholes.
He noted that the
acquisition of the rigs for the drilling of boreholes was in
fulfillment of his electoral promise to provide potable water to people
of the state. The governor said that he was aware of the water problem
in area, pointing out that the people were forced to store water during
the rainy season against the dry season.
Mr. Oshiomhole said
that the situation was regrettable because when Chief Dennis Osadebe
was the Premier of old Mid-Western Region, water was flowing freely in
the entire region.
Joseph
Ololumenosen, a community leader in the area, thanked the governor for
his bold steps to tackle the water problem confronting the people.
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