Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state is working on resolving the challenges responsible for the lack of potable water in the state.
Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure on Monday while featuring as a guest on ‘Your View’, a Television Continental (TVC) programme.
According to the Lagos governor, the issue of water deficit in the state is a major challenge that his government is working to address.
Sanwo-Olu, who blamed the issue on funding, disclosed efforts his administration has taken to tackle the deficit.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
He appealed to residents to be hopeful, assuring them that “relief for water is coming.”
“Water is a challenge and I will be honest with you. We need to raise the funding that is required to fix it and it is a lot of money. We are talking about N100 to 150 billion,” the governor said.
“We have a major waterworks in Iju and Adiyan. We are building from what we have now — currently, 70 million gallons per day which are running at less than 50 percent because these were built in the 1970s. But we are currently building a 50-million-gallon additional infrastructure that’s slowing us down.
“Once we can do the really big ones, we will move to the transmission which also requires funding. It is like power; once you do the generation of water, you know to be able to transmit it, which has to spread around the city of Lagos.
“I also want to appeal to Lagosians that relief for water is coming. The funding for water is not cheap.”
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