The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, Mahmood Adegbite, has raised concerns over the safety of borehole water in the Lekki area, warning that residents may unknowingly be consuming contaminated water.
Speaking at a recent stakeholders’ meeting, Adegbite cautioned that untreated borehole water in the Lekki axis poses serious health risks.
He stressed the importance of proper wastewater treatment to eliminate potential disease outbreaks linked to water contamination.
Adegbite said: “Yesterday, it rained heavily which is unusual because this is supposed to be August break. However, we started having it because of a lot of complex issues.
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“Basically, in terms of flooding, despite the fact that we have committed so much, however, we still need a lot to do in that space.
“On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’
“However, if we are able to treat all the waste water within this axis which we have plans for, we should be able to also eradicate any form of disease that might result as result of non-treatment of our waste’.”
