After paying several visits to Ojirami Dam and carried out palliative work to boost water supply, Akoko-Edo local council chairman Hon Tajudeen Alade Suleman Esq has expressed optimism that his efforts had yielded the desired results as citizens of Akuku and Enwan trooped out in joy and praises saying that the local government has never had it so good for decades.
The chairman, who disclosed that the dam was provided with 12 bags of alum, 14 bags of hydrated lime and 3 drums of chlorine for treatment of water, promised to carry out immediate repairs on broken pipes that were discovered during initial pumping of the water.
“We are carrying out palliative work on this facility to boost water supply to Igarra and environs. We are in talks with stakeholders because as a council, we are not able to carry out serious reticulation right now because it is capital intensive.
“As we are addressing the leakages, we will also find ways of connecting taps for more access to water and lessen water pressure from the main pipe to forestall possible damages,” he said.
The chairman decried the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on water ways, while also inspecting a bridge by the Momodu Ajaiye Road that was undergoing rehabilitation.
On his part, the administrative officer who stood in for the station engineer, Pastor Felix Omokhafe Ezekiel, disclosed that they were only six staff, including a technician and two plumbers, explaining that water is pumped 5 hours a day to last for 2 days, stating that hydrated lime was to protect the pipes against rusting while lauding the council chairman’s efforts on feat describing it as unprecedented.
He noted that the facility had 4 machines that were used at intervals to avoid overworking a particular machine, positing that 2 were not functioning and needed lubrication and servicing.
Also speaking, head of technical section, Kayode Jimoh said water can get to Ugbogbo quarters and environs if all broken pipes were identified and put in order.
Meanwhile, a retired primary school headmaster from Enwan, Ezior Paul, commended the council boss on his giant strides in electricity and security, while also expressing appreciation over efforts made by him to boost water supply in the locality, praying God to strengthen him to do more.
