N6.5 Billion Ilorin Water Project Inaugurated

By Steve Oni, Ilorin

The Kwara state government has successfully completed the execution of the Ilorin water distribution network at a whopping cost of N6.5 billion.

Disclosing this on Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital, at the inauguration of the metropolis’ water network project, Governor Abdulfatal Ahmed said the project was partly funded with a bond obtained from a commercial bank as well as the state’s Infrastructure Development Fund (IFK).

According to the governor, aside expanding water supply to more homes within Ilorin metropolis, he assured the people of the state of potable water across the state.

It would be recalled that residents of Ilorin metropolis had for long been experiencing perennial inadequate water supply until the administration of Governor Ahmed took the bull by the horns and moved to address the nagging problem.

According to Governor Ahmed, successive administrations since the inception of the state in 1967 had made several interventions to address the situation and improve the water supply, lamenting that the efforts did not yield more than four million gallons of water per day till 2003.

Lauding the administration of Senator Bukola Saraki while he was governor for executing the first phase of the project, which was partly financed from the 17 billion naira bond his administration got in 2009, the governor was elated that efforts to improve the water supply between 2003 and 2008 had raised the production to 25.5 million gallons per day.

Governor Ahmed, who said the ever increasing population and expansion of the city of Ilorin made the upgrade of ASA Dam waterworks and the distribution networks imperative, added that the project, comprising the rising mains and principal distribution network, was kick started in 2009.

He said: “With the completion of this phase, it is safe to say that we have recorded significant milestones in our effort to ensure that every resident has access to water within a 500-meter radius.”


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