Kogi water scarcity: CHRCR call for sack of state commissioner for water resources
Stanley Ihedigbo
Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR), have called for the immediate sack of Kogi Commissioner for Water Resources , as he has fail in the basic responsibility to make water available to the people of State.
According to a statement made available to The Mirror,
Executive Director of the group , Come. Idris Miliki Abdul, water is everywhere in Lokoja, and there is none to drink as people suffer daily looking for water to drink, as the government put in place fails to provide water for them.
“We wonder how much it will take to maintain the water facility that we have and make it available for people.
“Water they say is live, that is a popular saying everywhere you go, rich or poor, you need water. Making water available to citizens is moral, religious and constitutional reasonability of any government, State or Federal. It is ridiculous and unbelievable, despite the location of River Niger and Benue in Lokoja the state Headquarters, water has become an issue.
“A government that fails to provide water for its citizens cannot proof to have provided adequate welfare for the people that brought them into power”, he lamented.
He noted since the flood that ravage Kogi State and Lokoja in particular in 2022, which is more than three months now.
“The people of Lokoja have not enjoyed water, which is one of the basic responsibility of any government at all level. Despite the Billions used to establish the current water facility by the previous government.
“The current government has fails to extend the water to various communities and could not even maintain it and make it available to the people that brought it into power.
“No Single senatorial district can boost of water provided by Kogi State Government and yet we suffer yearly flood,” he stated.
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