The Edo State government has acquired two water rigs capable of drilling 1,400-metre deep boreholes, in order to boost its rural water supply programme.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole said this at Ekpoma in Edo State, on Wednesday, while inaugurating one of the rigs deployed to Edo central senatorial district for the drilling of boreholes.
He noted that the acquisition of the rigs for the drilling of boreholes was in fulfillment of his electoral promise to provide potable water to people of the state. The governor said that he was aware of the water problem in area, pointing out that the people were forced to store water during the rainy season against the dry season.
Mr. Oshiomhole said that the situation was regrettable because when Chief Dennis Osadebe was the Premier of old Mid-Western Region, water was flowing freely in the entire region.
Joseph Ololumenosen, a community leader in the area, thanked the governor for his bold steps to tackle the water problem confronting the people.
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