Many Kwara Communities Rely On Dirty Water Sources Shared With Animals As Over 70% Of Residents Lack Clean Water, Electricity, Primary Education –Report

A larger percentage of residents of Kwara State have no access to basic amenities as should be provided by the government, a report by the Elites Network for Sustainable Development has revealed.
According to the report, many communities in the state have no access to clean water, electricity and primary education.

The report sampled 2,810 communities across the three senatorial districts in the state. 944 communities were assessed in Kwara Central, while 1,105 and 761 communities were visited in Kwara North and Kwara South respectively.

Kwara State has a population of 3,259,613 people, according to the National Bureau of Statistics 2016 data.


The report revealed that residents of communities where any form of water facility can’t be found rely on other distant communities for access to potable water. Most of these communities also rely on dirty and unfit groundwater sources shared with animals.

It was disclosed that many of the communities visited were littered with uncompleted and abandoned boreholes, roads, and electricity projects.

The data showed that 342 communities across the state have no access to clean water with communities in Kwara North hugely affected.

“A total of 146 communities were without any water facility in Kwara North senatorial district, out of which 81 (55.48%) were in Moro LGA, 14 (959%) were in Patigi LGA, 5 (3.43%) were in Edu LGA, 4 (2.74%) were in Baruten LGA, and 42 (28.77%) were in Kaiama LGA. A total of 852 communities had existing boreholes that were no longer functional and needed to be repaired.

“80 communities in Kwara South had no access to water due to the non-existence of an infrastructure for it. It is important to note that fifty-four (67.50%) of these communities were in lfelodun LGA, 15 (18.75%) of the communities were in lrepodun LGA, 6 (75%) communities were in lsin LGA, 4 (5.0%) communities were in Oyun LGA, and 1 (1.25%) community was in Offa LGA. A total of 447 communities in Kwara South with existing boreholes had trouble accessing adequate potable water due to damage to their boreholes.

“In Kwara Central, 116 communities across the four LGAs in the district had no existing water facility. This senatorial burden was carried by 109 (93.97%) communities in Asa LGA, 6 (5.17%) communities in llorin East LGA, and 1 (0.86%) community in llorin South LGA. In another seven hundred and seventy-two (772) communities visited within the district, there were damaged boreholes that needed to be repaired in order to keep serving the communities,” the data stated.

The data revealed a worsening situation in the area of electricity as 922 communities have no access to electricity and been cut away from power supply in the state.

“A total of 508 communities were without any electrification facility in Kwara North senatorial district, out ofwhich 241 (47.41%) were in Moro LGA, 92 (18.11%) were in Patigi LGA, 27 (5.31%) were in Edu LGA, 103 (20.28%) were in Baruten LGA, and 45 (8.86%) were in Kaiama LGA.

“A total of 133 communities in Kwara South senatorial district did not have any electrification facility and had never been connected to electricity source.

“A total of two hundred and eighty-one (281) communities in the district had been in darkness for decades, as there were no electrification facilities in the areas. This senatorial burden was shared by all the LGAs in the district, though mostly by Asa LGA that had 259 (92.17%) of such communities,” the report revealed.

The situation is not so different in the education sector as 602 communities have no access to primary education while 1,559 communities have no secondary education facility.

Kwara North is mostly affected with pupils from 272 communities having to walk a long mile to attend primary and school due to the poor state of education in the state.

Also, in regards to primary health, 1,801 communities lack access to primary health care centres.

“A total of 272 communities in Kwara North had no primary school. A total of 771 communities in Kwara North had no secondary school.

“A total of 75 communities in Kwara South senatorial district had no primary school. A total of 322 communities in Kwara South senatorial district had no secondary school

“255 communities in Kwara Central had no primary school. Invariably, the citizen had to depend on the nearby community's primary school to get access to primary education. A total of 466 communities in Kwara Central had no secondary school. Invariably, dwellers, after completing their primary school education, had to seek secondary school education elsewhere.

“Out of 1,105 communities assessed by our team in the Kwara North senatorial district, a total of 896 (representing 81%) communities lacked access to primary health care centres.

“The outlook of healthcare in communities is quite worrisome in Kwara South with 316 communities lacking easy access to primary health centres to cater for their medical needs.

“589 communities in Kwara Central do not have primary health centre and have difficulty in assessing distant ones,” the report revealed.

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Yoruba ronu

You mean that Kwara state , A Yoruba land rely on dirty water shared with animals ?

Must be the yarriba communities.

I observed this in NYSC Camp Yikpata. We couldn't bathe. We had to go into forest what looked like a stream to decant water. It was so bad them.

And they voted for APC in their sorry state

No wonder some of them behave like animals 😂😂😂😂

Most of this people are in Lagos claiming logosians ! 😂😂

let's attack Southeast ugm first

Emergingnation:
Most of this people are in Lagos claiming logosians ! 😂😂

don't mind the idiots

The are in Lagos claiming sophisticated while their mothers and fathers are in the kwara villages sharing water with animals 😂😂😂😂😂

Now I see why the Fulani people that conquered Ilorin, chased them to villages where they will be sharing water with animals

chrisxxx:
I observed this in NYSC Camp Yikpata. We couldn't bathe. We had to go into forest what looked like a stream to decant water. It was so bad them.

There have been battling it for ages. I just pray that the present governor do something about it.

Kwara na state?.... Apart from Ilorin, there's no good place in that state

LagosFirstSon:
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Yoruba ronu

You mean that Kwara state , A Yoruba land rely on dirty water shared with animals ?

the yoruba parts of Kwara has water. Its the bororo, nupe areas outside Ilorin. They have been neglected and abandoned for long. No govt presence there

All of them will be claiming Lagos online.

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