Unbelievable! Otuoke Lacks Drinking Water

                                      

Otuoke in  Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. the home town of former President Jonathan lacks drinking water for residents,having been in the leadership position for over a decade and could not provide drinking water for his community is failure from the grass root, a thing he acknowledge during his campaign for a second term re-election bid.promising to embark on people oriented project in Bayelsa if re-elected.


The Chairman Community development committee  in Otuoke Mr Elijah Ateke laments  the scarcity of water in the community.he told NAN that all the rivers they depend on for drinking water are all polluted by oil spillage.he called on the state and Federal government to come to the aid of the community by providing potable  water.

“Otuoke community depends on rivers and now that all the rivers are polluted by oil, it is difficult for us to get potable water here,” Mr. Ateki said.

Emmanuel Agede, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving in the area, expressed dissatisfaction with the situation and called for government’s intervention.

“You will not believe it that here in Otuoke, we use water from an unused suck-away pit dug near our lodge, for washing clothes and bathing.

“For cooking and drinking, we buy sachet water; life is very difficult here; we spend the bulk of our monthly allowances on water for survival.”