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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
After 100-years of settlement, residents of Igbotele in Odo-otin Local Government of Osun State, have rejoiced over the borehole water and provision of toilet by the Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA).
Speaking with journalists during the agency’s visit to the community, yesterday, the community chairman, Yusuf Oladele, explained how the communities around the place usually shared a stream of water with cows for almost a century.
Oladele explained how they risked their lives to enter the bush for defecation anytime they were pressed, saying that open defecation became a thing of the past when the agency presented the toilet to the community.
He said: “We usually fetch stream water which we share with cows before the intervention of the government that gave us a borehole. Also, we usually go to the bush, even in the mid of the night to defecate before the toilet was built for us.
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“We have lived here for more than 100 years. Our road is in a dilapidated state and it is difficult to take our farm produce to the market. We have been neglected here.
“We have a government primary school but our children in secondary school have to trek to Oyan for more than one hour in the morning after the school hour.
Also, the Imam of Igbotele community, Yusuf Muritadho, appreciated the government of Ademola Adeleke for the intervention on water and toilets.
He said: “We appreciate the government of Osun State for the support. The borehole is serving us better. The toilet has made lives easier for us. We still have problems of roads. Taking our produce to the market is not easy.”
In her response, the General Manager of CSDA, Mrs Funmi Abokede, explained that the agency had received the demand of the community and efforts were on to attend to their demand, including a modern bathroom.
