ERO DAM: EKITI APPROVES N1.3BN FOR TURNAROUND MAINTAINANCE
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Ekiti State Government on Wednesday said it set aside N1.3billion for the Turn-Around Maintenance (TAM) of Ero Dam Phase 1 contract.
The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr Tayo Ekundayo disclosed this at a news conference on the outcome of the weekly State Executive Council (SEC) meeting.
He said that the contract for the TAM of the dam, which had been approved by SEC was expected to commence immediately.
“The Ero Dam, which has an installed capacity of 104,500 litres per day, is a source of water to half of the population of the state,” he said and added that the contract, expected to be completed within 15 months was awarded to Messrs Bi Water Nigeria Ltd.
Ekundayo noted that on completion of the contract, the dam would effectively supply potable water to nine of the 16 Local Government Areas of the state.
The commissioner revealed further that the SEC also approved the memorandum for the development of the Ekiti State Tourism Master plan.
He said, “the master plan was expected to entail provision of unique tourism organisational structure policies, programmes, projects and growth strategies of the state government”.
Mr Ekundayo noted that the master plan was expected to assist in increasing the state internally generated revenue and provide employment opportunities, adding that the plan would stimulate millions of transactions of the middle and lower class levels of the populace, thereby improving the quality of life of the people.
