Lagos Water Corporation Closes Bid For Water Supply Project

The present administration in Lagos State has commenced the process of providing potable water to the community. Twenty four years after a ruptured petroleum pipeline reportedly contaminated underground water in Baruwa area

This followed the historic visit of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ascertain the level of environmental degradation of the community as a result of petroleum products leakage in the community.

Confirming the latest intervention measures of the government, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, GMD/CEO, of the Lagos Water Corporation, Engr. Muminu Badmus said the corporation is at the point of procuring contractors to commence immediate remedial projects of sinking new water boreholes to provide potable water to the community.

“Baruwa is not the only community we are working on, we are sinking more boreholes even to serve other areas around the vicinity.” Badmus said, adding that the bid process for water provision contracts would be closed by end of this week and evaluation process would commence by next week.

He said apart from the ongoing short term measure the Corporation is embarking on a network expansion project to fully connect those communities to its dedicated pipelines to ensure sustainable supply.

The GMD, explained that the Baruwa water issue was escalated because the available boreholes sank previously were shallow wells which could not guarantee hygienic drinking water.

The community in a letter to the Governor cited by our correspondent, decried the cost of procuring usable water in the last 24 years which range from between N1,000 to N1,500 daily by families.