{"id":156264,"date":"2025-03-23T17:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/world-water-day-obasanjo-raises-alarm-over-incessant-digging-of-boreholes-in-abeokuta"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:43:53","slug":"world-water-day-obasanjo-raises-alarm-over-incessant-digging-of-boreholes-in-abeokuta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/world-water-day-obasanjo-raises-alarm-over-incessant-digging-of-boreholes-in-abeokuta","title":{"rendered":"World Water Day: Obasanjo raises alarm over incessant digging of boreholes in Abeokuta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has raised alarm over water borehole drilling in homes, declaring that the repercussions could be devastating.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that the incessant construction of boreholes particularly in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was as a result of failure of subsequent administrations to sustain the Oyan Dam project embarked on by his military administration in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo noted that the digging of boreholes everywhere to source for water comes with repercussions which could be devastating.<\/p>\n<p>The former president gave the warning when the management and staff of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (O-ORDA), led by the Managing Director, Adedeji Ashiru visited him on the occasion of the World Water Day at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo stated that the Oyan Dam was created to generate power and water for the residents of Ogun and Lagos State but sadly, 48 years after it has not lived up to the reasons why it was constructed.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOyan Dam was built to supply water for Abeokuta and Lagos but it has been neglected and ignored just like the turbine for the power supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe water supply is not there for Abeokuta and we have rather continued to dig holes everywhere causing the water level to go down and down, that will have repercussions in the future, how long we shall have it I dont know but the geologist can do there job and tell us how fast that repercussions will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called for the elimination of wastages in water resources stressing that it would be impossible to achieve food sufficiency and security without effective water management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can not deemphasised the importance or usefulness of water to human life and this why we do say water has no enemy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was why as Military Head of State in 1977 I realised that strategic water management must be part of our food sufficiency drives and food security and we created 11 River Basin including the Lake Chad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what are we trying to achieve, if we have to only depend on rain fed agriculture, we shall definitely not get it right. Rain may come too early or too late, there may be droughts or flood all of which have telling effect on food production and security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the first thing to do as part of measure designed to achieve food security is effective management of water for agriculture. All of the river basins therefore have facilities for irrigation to ensure all year round farming,\u201d the ex-president added.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier, the MD of O-ORBDA, Ashiru, said that the organization\u2019s management decided to pay the former president a visit and salute him for his foresight which made him to create the 11 river basins 48 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the vision for effective water management and sustainability which Obasanjo had since 1977 was captured by the United Nations about 10 years ago in Sustainable Development Goal 6 which bothers on sanitation and clean water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has raised alarm over water borehole drilling in homes, declaring that the repercussions could be devastating. 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