Excited community members fetching water from the borehole Sodiq Ojuroungbe After enduring years of hardship and suffering from waterborne diseases caused by lack of access to clean water, five Ogun agrarian communities finally found relief as the Federal Government through the Border Communities Development Agency intervened and drilled a borehole for them. A woman fetching from a dirty stream This development followed the PUNCH Healthwise investigative report which shed light on the dire situation faced by the communities that include Asaa, Agbelepon, Agbele, Oke-Odo Ibore, and Lafenwa in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Dying by the Dozens: Ogun communities’ perilous quest for clean water across Benin Republic’s Borders – Healthwise (punchng.
com) Graphically illustrated was how residents of these rural communities embarked on an arduous journey across the border to the neighbouring Benin Republic in search of this essential amenity. The report with the headline, “Dying by the Dozens: Ogun Communities’ Perilous Quest for Clean Water Across Benin Republic’s Borders’, was published on Sunday, April 14, 2024. It was noted that the lack of potable water made residents of these five agrarian communities to fetch water from contaminated streams and ditches, or endure hours of travel across the border to fetch clean water.
The report also exposed the many deaths and health-related problems that arose due to the absence of clean water. Before the re.
