Universal Access To Clean Water And Sanitation: Governor Sanwo-Olu Takes The Bull By The Horns, Set To Provide 140 Million Gallons Per Day To Lagosians

<h4>Universal Access To Clean Water And Sanitation<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Governor of Lagos State&comma; Mr&period; Babajide Sanwo-Olu&comma; on Friday said the 140 million gallons per day Adiyan Water Projects will be ready next year in line with his administration&&num;8217&semi;s commitment to provide clean and reliable potable water to Lagos residents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement signed by Gboyega Akosile&comma;Special Adviser &&num;8211&semi; Media And Publicity to Lagos government and made available to OpenLife&comma; Governor Sanwo-Olu said the Adiyan Waterworks One and Two Projects&comma; with a capacity for 70 million gallons each per day when completed&comma; will change everything about water production and usage in Lagos State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Sanwo-Olu spoke on Friday during a site inspection of the Adiyan Waterworks One and Two Projects and the Water Treatment Plant project in the Iju&comma; Adiyan and Akute areas of Ogun State&period; The visits&comma; according to the Governor&comma; were aimed at ensuring accountability&comma; improving coordination with contractors and keeping major infrastructure projects on schedule&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Governor commended the level of work on the projects by the contractor&comma; saying that over eight kilometres of pipes had been laid after the <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Lagos State<&sol;a><&sol;strong> Government got the rights of way from the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"><strong>Ogun State<&sol;strong><&sol;a> Government and that compensations had been paid on all the affected property&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the brown water in the Ogun River would be turned to blue and get to the water treatment plants before going to various houses in Lagos for consumption&comma; stating that the Adiyan Water Works Two and rehabilitation of Adiyan Water Works One are expected to be completed before the end of next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; Governor Sanwo-Olu commissioned the rehabilitated Akilo one million gallons per day water facility in the Ogba area of Lagos&period; The project was in fulfilment of his administration&&num;8217&semi;s commitment to partner stakeholders in promoting the health and wellbeing of the people as well as supplying water to residents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The one million gallons per day&comma; four thousand and five hundred cubic metres&comma; Akilo Mini Waterworks was facilitated by WaterAid Nigeria&comma; under the Urban Water and Sanitation Access Project&comma; UWASAP&comma; and implemented in partnership with the Lagos State Water Corporation &lpar;LSWC&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking during the official commissioning of the project at Akilo Road&comma; Ogba&comma; in Ikeja&comma; Lagos&comma; Governor Sanwo-Olu said his administration is working to ensure every neighbourhood gets adequate supply of water built on a model of sustainability and investment in tandem with the Lagos State Government agenda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the intervention aligns with his administration’s commitment to restoring dignity&comma; improving public health and strengthening water governance under the THEMES&plus; agenda&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Governor urged residents to take <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">ownership<&sol;a> and protect the newly commissioned infrastructure by avoiding damaging water pipes and stopping the habit of bypassing meters&comma; which undermines sustainability&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking earlier&comma; the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources&comma; Mr&period; Tokunbo Wahab&comma; commended WaterAid Nigeria for the intervention which would provide public water for over 100&comma;000 residents within Agege&comma; Ifako-Ijaiye and other areas through household connections and digitally operated kiosks in strategic locations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He described the project as a major milestone in Governor Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to improving water governance and raising the living standards of Lagos residents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wahab highlighted new upgrades&comma; including a modern control panel room&comma; a clean water tank&comma; overhead tanks&comma; automated motor kiosks and integrated water meters designed to strengthen transparency and ensure efficient water management&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He urged the host community to protect and maintain the facility&comma; noting that the project aligns with Sustainable Development Goal Six&comma; which seeks to guarantee <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">universal access<&sol;a><&sol;strong> to clean water and sanitation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also speaking&comma; the Country Director of WaterAid in Nigeria&comma; Evelyn Mere&comma; said the UWASAP project would increase access to water&comma; sanitation and hygiene services in Lagos State for sustainable&comma; resilient and affordable WASH services for users&comma; as the organisation plans to replicate the model in other areas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;31411" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-31411" style&equals;"width&colon; 274px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-31411" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;12&sol;download-9-e1765697005890&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Universal Access To Clean Water And Sanitation&colon; Governor Sanwo-Olu Takes The Bull By The Horns&comma; Set To Provide 140 Million Gallons Per Day To Lagosians" width&equals;"274" height&equals;"123" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-31411" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Lagos&comma; Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Mere disclosed that the Akilo project was designed as a replicable model&comma; confirming that WaterAid is already set to rehabilitate the Ojokoro Waterworks to extend safe water access to another 100&comma;000 residents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She praised the Lagos State Government’s push for blended financing and innovation&period; She also requested further engagement with Governor Sanwo-Olu to deepen WASH sector reforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his address&comma; the Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation&comma; Engr&period; Mukhtaar Tijani&comma; said the rehabilitated Akilo waterworks&comma; which was built in 2012 and had been moribund before WaterAid Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s intervention&comma; would be providing water to people in Akilo and Agege&comma; as well as adjoining communities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also speaking&comma; the Ologba of Ogba&comma; Oba Egbeyemi Oladimeji&comma; said the project represents renewed hope and a major step toward addressing long-standing water scarcity in the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He praised the Lagos State Government and implementing partners for their commitment and called on the community to ensure the facility’s protection and longevity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The monarch added that thousands of households and businesses would now receive much-needed relief&comma; saying development thrives when government and citizens work together&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;