"Everyone Digging Borehole Within The Lekki Axis is Probably Drinking ‘Shit Water’ - Lagos Govt Warns
By: Israel Adeleke
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered that the Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, while speaking on waste water treatment, has said that people digging borehole in the Lekki axis of the state are probably drinking ‘’shit water.”
OTN News further reports as gathered that Adegbite, who disclosed this while speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state, noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose health risk, adding that, treatment of waste water would eradicate any form of disease that may arise from it.
According to him, “On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’
“However, if we are able to treat all the waste water within this axis which we have plans for, we should be able to also eradicate any form of disease that might result as result of non-treatment of our waste” he said.
Speaking on the heavy rainfall which fell yesterday, Adegbite elucidated that the government still has a lot to do to tackle flooding in the state.
“Yesterday, it rained heavily which is unusual because this is supposed to be August break. However, we started having it because of a lot of complex issues.
“Basically, in terms of flooding, despite the fact that we have committed so much, however, we still need a lot to do in that space.” he added.
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