Ondo faces water scarcity
Residents of some parts of Akure metropolis have been battling with acute dearth of water supply for the past three weeks.
The situation worsened in the last
three days as residents had to move from one area to another before
they could get access to portable water.
Mostly affected by the water scarcity
are residents of Arakale, Sijuwade, Ijo Mimo, Ijoka, Odopetu and Saint
Luke. Other areas affected are: Adegbola, Oshinle, Jide Mark, Abusoro
and some parts of Alagbaka.
Residents of the affected areas are now guests at Water Corporation offices where they fetch water in Jerry cans and buckets.
Observations by NEXT showed that Akure
has not witnessed heavy downpour since the beginning of this year. This
has further aggravated the situation as most boreholes and wells have
dried up, thereby forcing residents to look for water elsewhere.
Some residents of the area have engaged
the services of young boys and girls who fetch three kegs of twenty
five litres of water for a sum of N100, while people who live far away
add motor bike fees to their charges.
Little rain as well
A housewife, Nike Adeoti, lamented that
the water scarcity has made life difficult for people who have to queue
for a long time at the Water Corporation offices.
“It is not easy to get water these days
because of little or no rain that we have been experiencing in Akure in
the last few months. Our children normally spend long period before
they could get water to fetch.
“The situation is gradually making life
difficult for us because there is scarcity of water and since one
cannot do without water, it makes things difficult.”
Efforts to reach the Chairman of the
state Water Corporation for comments proved abortive as his mobile
phones were switched off.
The state government has sunk about 30 boreholes in the last one year to ease the problem of water scarcity in Akure .
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