Ogun deputy gov appeals to governorship candidate Yayi to fix water shortage in her community
by Moronfolu Adeyemi · The Eagle OnlineOgun State Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, has appealed to the state’s 2027 All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Senator Adeola Olamilekan (Yayi), to help address the lack of pipe-borne water in her home local government, Ado-Odo/Ota.
Salako-Oyedele made the appeal on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting with Yayi, who visited Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, where she highlighted the community’s infrastructure challenges and called for the rehabilitation of the abandoned Iju Water Works.
The deputy governor questioned the absence of functional public water supply in the local government, asking residents whether any household had access to pipe-borne water.
“Correct me if I’m wrong, there is no house in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area that has pipe-borne water. Am I right? Does anybody have pipe-borne water?” she asked, with residents confirming her observation.
She explained that the Federal Ministry of Water Resources had made several attempts to secure institutional funding for the project, but the efforts had yet to produce the desired result.
“Each time they come, they go and get some institutional funding, and then something happens and it never gets done at the federal level,” she said.
Salako-Oyedele consequently appealed to Yayi to intervene in the rehabilitation of the water facility to provide residents with access to reliable water supply.
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“Please help us look at it. Rehabilitation of Iju Water Works and water, so that our children can know that they can turn the tap and water will flow. We appreciate you looking at that for us,” she said.
The deputy governor also highlighted the rapid population growth in Ado-Odo/Ota, disclosing that the local government had registered more than 40,000 new voters during the year.
“The population growth in our local government is exponential. This year alone, we have registered over 40,000 new members to vote. 40,000 new people to vote,” she said.
She noted that the increase in voter registration reflected the number of people moving into the area, adding that each new resident potentially represented an entire household.
“So you can imagine the number of people that have moved into this place because each person represents a family, or at least two of them represent a family.
“So that is probably a population growth of a couple of hundred thousand,” she added.
Beyond the water challenge, Salako-Oyedele urged the development of modern housing estates to accommodate the growing population and improve living conditions in the local government.
“We need modern housing estates in this local government,” she said.
She also acknowledged development projects undertaken by the Ogun State Government in the area, while stressing the need for further interventions to address its infrastructure and housing requirements.
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