Soun to launch 'Operation clean water for all' in Ogbomoso

Soun to launch ‘Operation clean water for all’ in Ogbomoso

Yinka ADETUNJI

Four communities are to benefit borehole water project in Ogbomoso Friday under the scheme “Operation clean water for all,” launched by the Soun of Ogbomosoland His Imperial Majesty Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye Orumogege III.

The four benefitting communities are Ile Abu, Oolo, Maya and Ajaawa communities, located in Ogo-Oluwa and Oriire local governments.

The borehole projects are facilitated by the monarch and according to information they are about two hundred in number across the five local governments in Ogbomoso zone ready for commissioning.

Others will be commissioned in the days to come.

The Oba desirous of clean water provision in his domain inaugurated the revamping of Ogbomoso Water Works for restoration of pipe-borne water, mobilising some public-spirited indigenes to contribute financially. However, after the work was done the place was vandalized by suspected adversaries of the city, thus the project has been put on hold.

However, the Oba is unrelenting and hence working seriously to provide boreholes across the zone. Some were earlier commissioned.

Rehabilitation of the Ogbomoso Water Scheme was also one of the focal discussions during the Oba’s working visit to President Bola Tinubu last year with the later ,promising to intervene. Towards this end,

“The projects are in line with the monarch’s 25-year development agenda to transform Ogbomosoland. The project is tagged “Operation clean water for all, Kabiyesi has a mission to make Ogbomoso a better place,” Peter Olaleye, Special Assistant on Media and Community Relations to Oba Ghandi, said.