Chairman of Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Barrister Erastus Awortu, has attributed the ongoing effort by his administration to provide potable water across communities as a move to forestall future cholera outbreak in the area.
Awortu said this at an agenda for baseline validation and investment planning meeting organized by The Rivers State Rural Water Supply and sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) in Port Harcourt.
He said so far five communities have benefitted from the council, gesture in this direction.
“My own administration is local government because we are from Andoni .There are cases of cholera and other waterborne diseases, so we have been making concerted effort to see that we provide potable water in the communities big and small.
“We are taking step by step and inaugurated potable water scheme and we decided that each month we are going to provide water in one community or the other”
He said so far the effort is yielding result as cases of cholera have been reduced.
Awortu said the meeting is of particular interest to his administration “to see where we can get help to further boost our effort and to spread good health “he said.
He said some local government areas in the state because of their locations required huge sums of money to carryout water project.
Awortu commended the federal and state governments and the international agencies for their effort to improve water supply in rural communities.
“I think that these are commendable effort. Part of systemic effort by the administration of Rivers State Water Corporation and the international agencies,the World Bank and the federal government to improve water and sanitation in all the localities, especially in rural areas of the country.
