Five Local Governments of Gbonyin, Ekiti East, Emure, Ise Orun and Ado in Ekiti State would soon enjoy stable portable water supply as from September this year.
The State Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Hon. Bamidele Faparusi disclosed this during an on-the-spot assessment and inspection visit to Egbe Dam in Gbonyin Local Government area.
Hon. Faparusi, who lamented outright neglect of the scheme since 2014, assured that the administration under Governor Fayemi will restore the production capacity of the water scheme to hundred percent which would be sixty-six thousand cubic metre per day.
After inspecting the water treatment plant, laboratory and pumping house amongst others, the Commissioner, who described the pace of work at the scheme as encouraging, promised that the job at the scheme would be delivered on schedule.
Faparusi maintained that the water scheme upon completion would not only serve the five Local Government areas, it would equally supply some parts of Akoko in Ondo State.
In his response, the contractor handling the turn-around maintenance of the water scheme, Alhaji Amin Abdullah, who expressed disappointment at the state of disrepair at the scheme, assured that the scheme would become operational by September, this year.
According to him all civil and electrical works have been completed, remaining only the supply of pumps that is being awaited from the manufacturer in Germany.
The rehabilitation and turn-around maintenance at the water scheme is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the Ekiti State Government under the phase three of the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme.
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