VIDEO: LEKKI BOREHOLE USERS LIKELY DRINKING ‘SHIT WATER’,

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By: Sefiu Ajape

The Permanent Secretary of the Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has raised concerns over the quality of borehole water consumed in the Lekki area, stating that residents might be drinking “shit water.”

Adegbite made the statement during a recent stakeholders meeting in the state, where he warned that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose significant health risks.

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He emphasised the importance of waste water treatment in preventing disease outbreaks.

He said, “On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’

“However, if we are able to treat all the waste water within this axis which we have plans for, we should be able to also eradicate any form of disease that might result as result of non-treatment of our waste.”

Speaking further on the state’s flood challenges, Adegbite noted that more work still needs to be done by the government.

He said, “Yesterday, it rained heavily which is unusual because this is supposed to be August break. However, we started having it because of a lot of complex issues.

“Basically, in terms of flooding, despite the fact that we have committed so much, however, we still need a lot to do in that space.”