Anyone digging borehole in lekki may be consuming ‘shit’ water - Lagos Govt

The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has raised serious concern over the drilling of boreholes in the Lekki area of the state.

According to him, anyone who drills a borehole in the area is probably drinking ’shit water”.

Mr Adegbite, who stated this while speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state, noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose a serious health risk.

He added that treatment of wastewater would eradicate any form of disease that may arise from it.

He said: “On wastewater 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”

On the recurrent flood incidents, Mr Adebite added that the government still has a lot to do to tackle the challenge.

“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.”