Livestock Development: Kwara L-PRES Inspects Completed Projects. *as benefited communities lauds gov. Abdulrasaq, development partners

Newly constructed boreholes in Asa Local Government 

The Kwara State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) during the week embarked on an inspection visit to some of the completed projects executed by the State Coordination Office.

The Projects which includes the provision of four boreholes with ancillaries and watering points along stock route in Asa Local Government Area of the State.

Speaking during the visit, the State Project Coordinator (SPC), Mr. Olusoji Oyawoye said one of the components of L-PRES Project Development Objectives (PDO) is to prevent crisis and conflict mitigation through the provision of fundamental needs of animal and the herders such as feeds and water with a view to reduce migration of animal that usually led to farmers and herders conflict in the Country.

Mr. Oyawoye who speak through the State Project Animal Husbandry Officer, Mr. Habeeb Tunde Affinni stated that the implementation of the project are strategically located to where is concentration of livestock activities in order to achieve the intended purpose.

While handing over the project to the benefitted Communities, The State Coordinator charged them to ensure proper utilization of the project and seen it as their own for adequate maintenance.

The sites of the project are, Gaa Musa, Reke Community in Afon district; Gaa Bello, Gambari Ayekale ward in owode-onire district; Gaa Sidiku also in owode-onire district as well as Gaa Kasumu all in Asa Local Government Area of the State.

The sites Project Engineer, Engr. Kamaldeen Balogun explained that the projects which are 100 percent completed followed all the specifications, rules and regulations of the contract adding that the boreholes has the capacity to last for cluster of years with good maintenance.

"The boreholes have been completed, it has been installed, it has been pumptested, it has been delivered to the Community and the people have been using it".

Earlier, the representative of the Gaa Bello in Owode-onire district, Mallam Soliu Bello expressed the Community delight to witness the development which he described as the major project in the community.

According to him, the community has been suffering of water for both human use and animal consumption, a situation where they have to go as far as neighbouring Oyo State in search of water and most of their animals has been moved to other state where they can have access to feed and water".

He said that the boreholes is serving more than Seven Communities in the area with each community has their allotted time for fetching and feeding of their animals to ensure every community benefitted from the water project.

He and other Communities representative appreciated both Federal and State Government and their development partners for tending to their plight and assured of adequate maintenance of the project.

Yusuf Ganiyu Adebisi
Project Communication and ICT Officer
Kwara L-PRES

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