World Bank set to expend $50m on water projects in Ekiti state.

World Bank says it will expend $50 million (about 10bn naira) on water projects in Ekiti State. The leader of the World Bank team on the water project, Mr Pier Mantovani stated this when he led a delegation to the Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti on Thursday. Mr Mantovani said that state government would contribute $5 million as counterpart fund towards the project and such project, if fully completed, would give people access to portable water.

Responding, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose described the project as a welcome development, calling on the World Bank team to carry the state government along while executing the project. Governor Fayose, who decried the poor state of major dams in the state, added that his administration would do everything within its capacity to engage in developmental projects that would have positive impacts on the citizens. The team had earlier visited Ero and Ureje dams in the state to see the condition of the dams and how to make them functional