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Lawmaker scores Lagos Water Corporation low

A Lagos State lawmaker, Mr Saka Fafunmi, on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction at the performance of the state Water Corporation.

Fafunmi, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), said in Ikeja that the corporation had not been able to justify statutory allocations to it.

The lawmaker, who represents Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1 at the assembly, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said that the corporation had the capacity to generate much fund internally through water rates but had relied solely on government funding because of poor performance.

'' Anyone that is using water will be willing to pay for it; the corporation has not been giving us water.

"Is there any new community that Water Corporation has given water? People depend on boreholes; even government estates have industrial boreholes.

"Why do we keep pumping money into an agency that does not give us the desired results?'' he asked.

He noted that the Adiyan Waterworks was located at Ifako-Ijaiye, where many of the residents had resorted to digging boreholes as a means of getting water.

''A lot of people are falling sick because they don't drink clean water.

''In the same compound, where you have sewage, is where you have a borehole.

''There is no way you can manage the sewage that it will not leak and pollute the water; everyone drinking such is drinking contaminated water,'' he said.

The lawmaker urged the corporation to increase water reticulation and supply to residents.

From: http://www.punchng.com/politics/lawm...rporation-low/

anonimi:
In this interview with MOTUNRAYO JOEL, the National Chairman, Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria, Dr. Tanimola Akande, talks about cholera and the current outbreak affecting some parts of the country

What are the symptoms of cholera?

Cholera is a form of gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio Cholera bacteria. The patients with cholera present with profuse passing of watery faeces and vomiting which may be accompanied with fever. Such patients lose body fluids rapidly and become dehydrated and therefore have body weakness. The first case may not be recognised as cholera since some other gastroenteritis can present that way but as soon as many more cases are recorded within a short time, a high suspicion of cholera should be made.

What leads to cholera transmission?

Cholera is transmitted through the faeco-oral route. That means the bacteria are shed in the patient’s faeces and it gets into another person by mouth from water or food that is contaminated with the bacteria.

Is Nigeria susceptible to a cholera epidemic and why?

Nigeria is highly susceptible to cholera epidemics and there have been several ones in the past in the country. Currently there are epidemics of cholera in various parts of the country. This is because of poor basic hygiene and sanitation. Only about three-quarter of households living in urban areas have access to improved source of drinking water. The situation is worse in rural areas where less than half of the households have access to improved source of drinking water. In some of these communities people have their drinking water from polluted streams or rivers. In the same vein only about 40 per cent of the urban population have non-shared improved toilet or latrines and it is as low as about 30 per cent in rural areas. Surveys show that about three in 10 households in Nigeria use an improved toilet facility.

A situation where people still pass stool in the open makes the population vulnerable to epidemics of cholera. Such faeces are often washed by rain into streams and rivers that serve as drinking water for some people. In addition a high proportion visit toilets and will not wash their hands, this practice unfortunately is not uncommon among food handlers.

More states in Nigeria have recorded cholera outbreak, why is this happening?

The reason for the spread of cases of cholera in more states is not farfetched in view of the sanitary and water supply situation described earlier. Government and households are not doing enough to improve water supply and provide improved sanitary facilities. Whilst some people may have improved sanitary facilities in their homes, this may not be the case in their places of work particularly those in the informal sector. In most cities and towns public toilet facilities are not either not available or grossly inadequate. Some brands of packaged water (often called pure water) are also sources of cholera spread because of the poor sanitary condition of the factories where they were produced.

Why hasn’t Nigeria been able to curb cholera outbreak?

Nigeria has not been able to curb this epidemic because we have not been able provide all citizens with safe drinking water and improved sanitary facilities both in the homes and public places. People are probably also not well informed about cholera and the preventive measures they can put in place to curb it. Imagine that some people managed to build houses with about four – six rooms (the face-me-I-face-you type) but they find it difficult to go the extra mile to provide a toilet or latrine. It is a shame to find houses in cities and towns without toilets. You want to therefore ask what those in charge of approving plans or inspecting houses are doing if this simple measure cannot be enforced. It was not until recently when my area of residence got crowded with houses, that the dwellers stopped passing faeces all around the open spaces. Now we are luckier they have to move a little further. The houseflies that hover around such faeces are not discriminatory; they fly anywhere and land on anyone’s exposed food.

Does boiling of water prevent cholera?

The way cholera spreads is through contaminated food and water but particularly water. Boiling water, of course, is quite helpful in preventing cholera. Some other measures of disinfecting water through urban water supply chlorination and domestic water chlorination are also helpful.

What is the recommended treatment in patients who have developed cholera?

Patients who have developed cholera need to be quickly rehydrated since they would have lost some fluid. The rehydration (replacement of the lost fluid) could be though oral salt and sugar solution or the packaged oral rehydration salt (ORS). In severe cases the rehydration will be though intravenous fluid (drips). In addition the patients are given antibiotics to take care of the cholera bacteria.

Could a cholera outbreak occur in developed countries?

Cholera outbreak is not impossible in developed countries, but will be quite unlikely. Some people can have cholera and may not show symptoms. If such people travel to such developed countries and practised poor sanitary hygiene, they may infect a few people. This situation, even though it affects a few people, will still be considered an outbreak. It is unlikely to affect many people because of the good water supply, sanitary facilities and personal hygiene of citizens of developed countries.


More from: http://www.punchng.com/health/why-ch...eading-expert/

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Not much surprise there since most of us drink our own sh'it from boreholes in the same compound as our septic tank/soakaway pits as our STATE governors have ABANDONED their constitutional RESPONSIBILITY to provide all of us something as basic as TAP water.

The LGAs can also not be bothered about ensuring hygiene in individual homes (just a few decades ago, we had Sanitary Inspectors aka Wole Woles in the South west) and businesses in their areas talk less of undertaking activities for public sanitation.

We are really in deep shi't

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.
AUGUST 10, 2011

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

More from: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

Lagos light rail’ll be ready in June – Fashola
JANUARY 9, 2013

The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said the first phase of the state Blue Light Rail project would be completed by June this year(2013).

He expressed confidence that Lagosians would start enjoying the services of the lrail project immediately.

The first phase would run from Marina and terminated at Okokomaiko area in Ojo Local Government.

Fashola spoke during an inspection of ongoing projects in the state which took him and his cabinet members to Orile-Iganmu, Alimosho and Ejigbo areas among others to assess the level of works being done by contractors.

The governor, who inaugurated the trackwork of the blue light rail at Alaba Suru, Coker-Agunda Local Council Development Area, said the level of work on the road and those of the National Theatre and Alaba-Mile 2 rail stations, would ensure early completion

He said, “In order to finish the project, the contractor did not go on vacation during the festive period. This will ensure that the project is delivered on time for the use of Lagosians.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-light-railll-be-ready-in-june-fashola/

How We Spent N160bn World Bank Loan on Light Rail Project
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He, therefore, explained that the state government already “has in place, strategies to repay the loan. The federal government was in the know of the state’s decision to take the bond and it approved it.”

He added that the truth “is that what they do not also say is that no state in Nigeria can borrow money outside, from any multilateral agencies without the approval of the federal government.

“What they did not say is that they approved it. No state can raise money by bond the way we have done without the federal government’s approval. Both SEC and NSE are all federal regulatory agencies through which we must pass. If they said okay, it means there must be something good about the debt.

More from: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lagos-how-we-spent-n160bn-world-bank-loan-on-light-rail-project/188736/

Why I reached out to Igbo voters –Ambode, Lagos APC governorship candidate
APRIL 4, 2015
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When is the light rail going to be delivered, the project seems to be going on for years?

I just said it, it’s being funded by Lagos State and the Federal Government support is not there. But I believe strongly that we will create a financial restructuring that will allow us to deliver that light rail within the next 18 months.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/feature/hotseat/why-i-reached-out-to-igbo-voters-ambode-lagos-apc-governorship-candidate/

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anonimi:
Unarguably tap water is one of the very basic features of modern life.
For 16 years, the provision of tap water in Lagos has gotten worse in most parts of the state as more people turn to boreholes in their compounds, sometimes not far from shit-holes aka soak-away pits leading to even the elites drinking traces of their own faeces while the not so fortunate rely on mairuwas for their daily water needs.
This is the situation despite some N20 billion annual budget for the Lagos State Water Corporation, LSWC.
Surely we deserve better in the state of excellence.








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OrlandoOwoh:

I challenge you, show me me one PDP controlled state or even the FCT that provides water to its people across the state like Lagos State. In all the places I've lived in Lagos State, I have water supplied by the state.
Anonimi, you will finally be made silent just as you have on the presidential election.

OrlandoOwoh:

I challenge you, show me me one PDP controlled state or even the FCT that provides water to its people across the state like Lagos State. In all the places I've lived in Lagos State, I have water supplied by the state.
Anonimi, you will finally be made silent just as you have on the presidential election.

anonimi:


I thought Lagos state is for excellence and leader. Is it now a MEDIOCRE place like the remaining 35?

OrlandoOwoh:
You will be disgraced like you were on March 28.

anonimi:


Simple questikn you nor fit answer! Na how you bin take dey pass exam for school and tests for work?

Dubious means like rigging of course. No wonder you are associated with the master riggers- APC!!!