15/08/2026
OKENE WATER: I AM NOT AGAINST BOREHOLES, I AM ASKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY” – social Commentator " Muhammednazir Abdulrazaq " states some facts.
GOVERNOR ODODO ORDERED HIS APPOINTEES TO DRILL THREE (3) BOREHOLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.
Firstly, I strongly condemn such a statement from a governor, and here are my facts. Oh yes, I said here are my facts.
In 2018, during the administration of former Governor Yahaya Bello, the sum of N200 million was allocated for the expansion and reticulation of Okene Water Works, and the sum of N100 million was also allocated for the mechanical and hydraulic dredging of Okene Water Dam.
In 2022, the sum of N500 million was budgeted for Okene Water Works Expansion and Reticulation. In 2023, N42.2 million was also listed in the budget for Okene Water Works Expansion and Reticulation, and the sum of N250 million was also budgeted for Okene Water Dam mechanical and hydraulic dredging. In 2024, N250 million was budgeted for Okene Water Works Expansion and Reticulation, while the sum of N500 million was budgeted for Okene Water Dam mechanical and hydraulic dredging. In 2025, N200 million was budgeted for Okene Water Works Expansion and Reticulation, while N100 million was budgeted for Okene Water Dam mechanical and hydraulic dredging. In 2026, N200 million was budgeted for Okene Water Works Expansion and Reticulation, while the sum of N100 million was budgeted for Okene Water Dam mechanical and hydraulic dredging.
Please, fact-check my lies from the state-published budget plans from Google, Kogi State Government and Kogi Investments Agency.
All these were approved respectively.
What happened with the project?
Who was contracted to execute the project?
These questions brought about many of my previous articles criticizing the then unperformed Commissioner for Water Resources during the former Governor Yahaya Bello regime. One, Honorable Abdulmumin.
Advising appointees to drill 3 boreholes in their communities should have complemented the already existing primary water supply system. In a state where things are done rightly.
Boreholes are useful, but they shouldn't replace the development of primary public water supply. Again, in a state that has the interest of her citizens at heart.
Interestingly, Kogi Central once had household pipe connections that supplied water. Restoring such a project or making it a priority should be the focal point instead of disintegrating or relying on the drilling of boreholes.
If government had budgeted and allocated such huge sums of money to expand and reticulate Okene Water Works, why should the long-term solution to household water supply primarily be individual/community boreholes rather than restoring and properly managing a piped-water supply network?
I am not trying to defend the appintees for disobeying the order given to them though.
Please, before you come with insults, make sure you give me facts to answer the above questions.
I am Muhammednazir Muhammednazir Abdulrazaq , the King of Talking to People Wey No Gree Go School.
