The World Bank has promised to give adequate compensation to those that will be affected by water project reform being carried out across Ekiti in partnership with the state government.
The bank equally expressed its readiness to partner with civil society groups to monitor the public projects to prevent corruption in the system.
Speaking at a one-day capacity building organised by Environmental Development and Family Health organisation (EDFHO) in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, the General Manager, Ekiti State Water Corporation, Engr Olabisi Agbeyo said that a sum of $50 million was released for the project tagged ‘3rd National Urban Water Sector Reform Project ‘ in 2013, by the World Bank.
Agbeyo, represented by Nancy Otagbo said the money released by the World Bank was being expended to rehabilitate Ero and Ureje dams as well as water treatment plants by Governor Kayode Fayemi-led government.
She revealed that the World Bank was ready to rebuild buildings affected and those permanently displaced will be given adequate compensation in the process of replacing the old pipes or laying new ones where reticulation is to be extended to.
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