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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has reiterated his administration’s determination to ensure potable water supply to every household.
He said the state would do the needful in the provision of social amenities for the citizens, adding that the government was committed to ensuring free flow of pipe-borne water.
Oyetola inaugurated an eight-man Project Monitoring Committee on the construction of Ilesa water project, at the Ministry of Water Resources and Energy, Government Secretariat, Abere, Osogbo.
The project is funded by the state and federal governments through the Federal Ministries of Water Resources and Finance and the Islamic Development Bank.
The committee, constituted on the directive of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, was to ensure quality service delivery through supervision and monitoring to make sure that the project met agreed standard and specifications in line with the project terms and conditions.
Inaugurating the committee, Oyetola said that it was set up to ensure quick completion of the project.
The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Water Resources and Energy, Amidu Tadese Raheem, said that the administration had put mechanism in place to sustain the regular supply and distribution of water.
Raheem, the chairman of the committee, assured the communities of quality job.
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“As you all know, the project has reached reasonable level of completion. We are assuring our people that with this committee put in place, quality job is assured,” he said.
He added that the committee would champion its oversight functions in line with the mandate given to it to promote efficiency in the delivery of the project.
“We are determined to ensure quality job. We shall ensure that the contractors handling the project meet the specifications and fulfil the terms and conditions.
“We are on the pipes laying and distribution network and in a few months this will be completed, while other components will follow. It is our hope to complete and deliver the project by this year or latest next year.
“We are all aware of the importance of water. This is why the governor is taking it serious. As we all know, before his emergence, the issue of water had been a thing of concern, and since inception, this administration has been working to ensure adequate water supply to every household,” Raheem said.”
Speaking during an inspection tour of some of the project sites in Ilesa, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Water Resources and Energy, Mr. Felix Adeniran Ibitoye, assured the residents of quality job.
Ibitoye, an engineer, appealed to the people of Ijesaland to remain calm and cooperate with the contractors, as the government was committed to restoring water to the zone.
Other members of the committee are: Project Consultant, Mrs. Tawakalitu Williams; Coordinating Director of Ministry of Water Resources and Energy, Mr. Isaac Babalola; General Manager, Osun State Water Corporation, Mr. Ademola Fatola; Project Coordinator, Ilesa Water Supply and Sanitation, E.A. Akinyele; L. M. Rafiu; Mr. Ibitoye and Mr. George Martins.
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