It
was reported online yesterday that the
four surveyors that died in the boat mishap at the Egbe River in Ekiti state on
Wednesday August 24th, were World bank staff. The Third National Urban Water
Sector Reform agency whose project the deceased persons were working on, this
morning released a statement making the clarification that the deceased persons
namely Alaran Tirimisiyu, Abdulwaheed Alayande, David Malu and Albert, were not
staff members of the World bank. Read the statement below…
“The
Unfortunate drowning of four workmen working as topo-surveyors on Egbe Dam is
highly regretted and unfortunate and a loss too many. The Third National Urban
Water Sector Reform Project is a project funded by the World Bank with a target
to achieve maximum reform in Ekiti State water sector. While we lament the sad
loss, we wish to state that the Consultant was awarded the assignment to carry
out Bathymetry Survey of four dams in the state biz: Ureje, Egbe, Itapaji and
Ero. The sad incident happened because some safety measures were not adhered to
by the deceased: refusal to wear life jackets and those who survived wore life
jackets provided by the company. It should be noted that neither World Bank
official nor Water Corporation staff member was involved. Ekiti State
Government commiserates with the families of the departed and pray God to grant
them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
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