Group solves years of water scarcity in Kwara community

The people of Kuro village in the Moro local government area of Kwara state were excited on Friday as the age-long scarcity of potable water came to an end courtesy of a non-governmental organisation, the LG-Rhythms Foundation.

According to the community head, Baale Zakariyahu Magaji, the Kuro community had existed for more than a century without any source of potable or clean water supply.

“This water project is the first of its kind since over 100 years of existence in Kuro. Before this intervention, we sourced water from streams about two miles away. We go to the Yantomu and Eleyo rivers, where we even share water with cows. We used to even dig the rivers to get water during the dry season, as it runs dry”, Magaji said.

“We don’t know these people; we were surprised at their generosity towards us, and we thank them. God answered our prayers through them, and we thank them most sincerely”, he added.

Also speaking, the Imam of the community, Imam Abdul Olaoti, said that the water project would serve no fewer than five communities close to Kuro that also lack clean sources of water.

These communities, according to Adeoti, include Olori, Aiyetoro, Onisapa, Owode, Kondo Oke, and Kondo Isale, each of which has an average population of 50 to 60 inhabitants consisting of different tribes, including Yoruba, Fulani, Tiv, Udoma, and Igbos who came to the farm.

In his speech at the event, the founder of the LG-Rhythms Foundation, Dr. Titus Ale, said that “the provision of water to the people of Kuro is God’s doing. We are only divine tools. As an NGO, we are a set of people who never believed in attacking the madness in this world with another madness, but with love.

“As friends who came together to form an NGO, we don’t only come together to Merry every year but also ensure we make people happy, and it is our utmost fulfilment that we are able to make an impact on the people of this village”, Ale said.

While promising to sustain the established developmental relationship with the Kuro community, Ale urged residents of the community to ensure proper maintenance of the facility so it can continue to serve its intended purpose of providing water.

In his own remarks, the Empowerment Chairman, Olugbenga Samuel Eleshin, said that while looking out for a community without access to water, they were surprised and sad to discover such a village very close to Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.

“We had another challenge while trying to implement this project. There’s no source of electricity supply in Kuro village. So, we decided to power it with solar, and I am glad we are able to solve the water problem in Kuro village today”.

An executive member of the NGO, Professor Adelusi Michael, urged members of the community to make good use of the facility and secure it by ensuring that all efforts put into this will not be made a mere mockery of an occasion. He noted that so many members of the group have not been to Kwara before. Hence, it would only be gladdening to see the project serving the people.

Representative of Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Kwara-based anti-corruption CSO, Hajia Fatimah Dikko, thanked the NGO for the help to the community, noting that Kwara state has more than 500 communities still sharing stream water with cows, especially in Asa and Moro local government areas.

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