In a bid to continue the provision of potable water to the people of Oyo State, the state government has approved the procurement of 1,194 tons of Aluminum Sulphate at the cost of N399,990,000.
The government also approved the implementation of a mini-grid scheme for rural communities in the state to provide electricity supply to the rural areas. This is in line with the rural and urban development agenda of the Governor ‘Seyi Makinde-led administration.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, disclosed the approval for the procurement of the chemical and the implementation of mini-grid schemes as part of the resolutions reached at the 6th Executive Council Meeting of 2021 held on Tuesday.
The statement followed a press briefing addressed by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Temilolu Ashamu, at the Press Centre of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan.
Olatubosun, while speaking on the decisions taken, said the approval for the procurement of the chemical was in line with the government’s vision to provide proper water treatment that would produce good drinking water for the citizens of the state and meet up with the Nigerian standard for water quality.
He added that the chemical would be distributed to all the branches of the Water Corporation in the state so as to be able to give potable water to people in the state.
“We are here to brief you on the outcome of the 6th State Executive Council meeting of 2021. We deliberated and approved the procurement of the Aluminum Sulphate water treatment chemical, which will be used for proper water treatment to produce good drinking water and meet up the Nigerian standard for water quality.
“For some time, the Water Corporation could not give water to the generality of our people and they presented a brief to the State Exco that they needed to procure the chemical. The quantity that the Council agreed to procure is 1,194 tons of Aluminum Sulphate at the rate of N335,000 per ton, which will give us N399,990,000.
“This will be distributed to all the branches of the Water Corporation in the state so that they will continue to give potable water to the people.”
