Adeniyi Afeez, a student in the department of mass communication at Crescent University, Abeokuta who has always been going to class early came late to lecture which led to the question why? “There was no water in the hostel and I can’t come to lecture without taking my bathe” he said. The scarcity of water has always been an issue in Crescent University, Abeokuta but it got worse since the resumption of the semester. A lot of students are complaining that there is not water in their hostel and that even if there is water, it gets exhausted quickly because a lot of people in the hostel makes use of the water.
According to Professor Kareem, the Dean of Student Affairs, “The Crescent University Parent Forum(CUPAF) has been assisting to dig more boreholes in the male and female hostels and the school management has also purchased another tanker along with the existing two making it three to bring water into the school just in case there is no water”.
He also added that there is a total of 20 boreholes which are i. ROSULA foundation borehole ii. staff borehole iii. Alumni borehole iv. Bungalow borehole v. staff borehole behind stadium vi. CUPAF borehole behind stadium vii. CUPAF house borehole viii. Okpara borehole ix. Tropicana borehole x. Bowlsant 3 borehole xi/xii/xiii. uptown borehole (1,2,3) xiv. Erelu hostel borehole xv. female hostel CUPAF borehole xvi. borehole behind Iqra hall xvii. borehole behind Dantata female hostel xviii. Nursing building borehole xix. Library borehole xx. mosque borehole with borehole 2, 5,7,10, 16 having higher yield for water. Borehole 11, 12, 13, 15,17 have relatively low yield for water and borehole 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20 have very low yield and it is Currently under analysis.
Although, boreholes are being dug but due to the peculiar nature of Abeokuta being a rocky area, there is a limited amount of boreholes that can be dug in the school environment and some of the staffs that are meant to deliver the water are not dedicated to their job even with after a roster has been made.
Conducting an accurate and thorough analysis of the spot that is about to be dug so as to avoid the rocky areas that will cause low water supply in the future.
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