100 years of no water: Community excited over ‘gift’ of solar-powered borehole

Residents of Kuro Village, Moro Local Government of Kwara State were at the weekend full of joy and excitement at the ‘gift’ of a solar-powered borehole.

The gesture, according to the villagers, put an end to over 100 years of sourcing water from streams which are about two miles away.

The project is courtesy LG- Rhythms Foundation.

Speaking with our reporter, Village Head Zakariyahu Magaji said that the Kuro community had existed for more than a century without any source of portable and clean water supply.

“This water project is the first of its kind since the over 100 years existence of Kuro. Before this intervention, we source water from streams about 2 miles away. We go to 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.

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

Corroborating the village head, the Imam of the community, Olaoti Kuro, hinted that the water project would serve no fewer than five neigbouring that also lack potable water.

These communities, according to Olaoti include Olori, Aiyetoro, Onisapa, Owode, Kondo-Oke and Kondo-Isale, inhabited by different ethnic groups of Yoruba, Fulani, Tiv, Udoma and Igbos, farming in the communities.

Representative of Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Kwara-based anti-corruption civil society organisation (CSO), Hajia Fatimah Dikko thanked the foundation for the help to the community.

She revealed that “Kwara has more than 500 communities still sharing stream water with cows, especially in Asa and Moro.

In a remark, the Founder of LG – -Rhythms Foundation, Dr. Titus Ale said “The provision of water to the people of Kuro is God’s doing, we were 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 fulfillment that we are able to make an impact on the people of this village.”