8th December, 2010
The Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has faulted the sale of major dams in the state by the ousted administration under a concessioning arrangement, promising that he would do everything possible to regain the heritage of the people of the state.
The governor who spoke on Friday during a one-day seminar for the newly-appointed chairmen and members of the local government caretaker committees in Ilawe-Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti South West local government area decried a situation where the people of the state have no access to potable water despite the presence of four big dams.
He vowed to look into documents which gave the dams to the cronies of the immediate past government through concession and revoke same if necessary if that would ensure that water flows in every home in the state.
Fayemi explained that if the four dams-Ero, Egbe, Itapaji and Ado Water Works-operate in full capacity, scarcity of water would be a thing of the past and would boost agriculture when used for irrigation.
“This administration is not a borehole government and that is why we must get our water works back to operation and make sure that the pipes are revived so that water must flow”, he said.
Besides, the governor also disclosed the intent of his administration to establish a Mining and Mineral
Development Corporation to tap solid minerals which are abundant quantity in the state to generate more money into the coffers of the state and provide more employment for its teeming youths.
The governor also pledged to explore the abundant tourism potentials in the state to boost the revenue profile of the government.
A committee that would look for investors in the mining sub-sector would soon be raised to boost mining activities in places like Ijero, Efon and other areas that are rich in solid minerals.
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