Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities

Vision:

To develop a world-class utility infrastructure and institutional frameworks for achieving a universal, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable utilities to improve socio-economic development of the people of Ekiti State.

Our Mission

1. Improving the capacity of public utilities in Ekiti State.
2. Encouraging public private partnership to develop utility infrastructure and accelerate quality service delivery.
3. Strengthening the institutional and policy frameworks in the public utilities service.
4. Regulating activities of public utilities for effective and efficient performance.
5. Building the capacity of public utilities personnel.
6. Championing WASH advocacy in the communities.

★ Transparency
★ Accountability
★ Efficiency
★ Effectiveness
★ Inclusivness
★ Professionalism

The ministry is made up of five Departments and two Units as stated below:

1. Administration and Supplies Department
2. Finance and Accounts Department
3. Planning, Research and Statistics Department
4. Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Department
5. Fire Service Department
6. Internal Audit Unit.
7. Sustainable Urban Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) Program Implementation Unit (PIU)

These departments help to coordinate service delivery of the agencies under the supervision of the ministry as presented hereunder:

1. Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (EKSERB)
2. Ekiti State Electricity Board (EKSEB)
3. Ile Iyi Electric Power Company Ltd.
4. Ekiti State Project of Transmission Company of Nigeria Project (TCN)
5. Ekiti State Water and Sanitation Regulatory Agency (EK-WASRA)
6. Ekiti State Small Towns and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (EK-RUWASSA)
7. Ekiti Water and Sewerage Company (EKSWSC)

The total staff strength of the ministry is fifty-seven (57) while that of the Fire Service Department alone is 120.

In a bid to actualize the mandate of the ministry in the state, various policy implementation committees are set-up for effective policy implementation.  The committees are as listed below:

• Change Management Committee.
• SURWASH Steering Committee
• State Task Group on Sanitation.
• Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Coordination Committee (Steering Committee)
• Integrated Water Resources Management Committee (IWRM)
• Ekiti Ko Egbin Sile Implementation Committee
• Inter-Agency Working on Monitoring and Evaluation (IAWG).
• Joint Action Committee on Electricity in Ekiti State.
• Steering Committee on TCN Project.
• Steering Committee on Management of Right of Way.
• Joint Monitoring Working Group on Fire Safety.

The ministry is currently engaged in the following:

• Implementation of the World Bank Sustainable Urban and Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH) programme.
• Development of communication strategy on WASH.
• Asset management of water supply facilities in urban, small towns and rural communities.
• Implementation of CAC governance in Ekiti State Water and Sewerage Company Limited.
• Policy management models to support effective Electricity, Water and Sanitation, and fire services in the state.
• Implementation of CAC governance of Ile Iyi Electric Power Company.
• Implementation of Open Defecation Free Roadmap in Ekiti State.
• Sustainable operations of rehabilitated water schemes to supply water to 85% of urban residents by 2027.
• Strengthening of existing partnership with EU, UNICEF, ADB and World Bank, and to explore new partnerships with development partners such as DFID, USAID, ESAWAS, etc.
• Creating opportunities for participatory funding and PSP of utilities.
• Improving on credit rating of the utilities to attract private investment through cost accounting and market oriented service.
• Development of regulatory framework and operational guidelines for the management and administration of the Right of Way for Fibre Optics and other services in Ekiti State.
• Establishment of databased decision making system to guide policy implementation.
• Rehabilitation of fire fighting equipment.

Hon. Dele FaparusiCommissioner

EKITI STATE WATER AND SANITATION REGULATORY AGENCY (EK-WASRA)

EKITI STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY BUREAU

EKSG Restates Commitment to Improving Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Ekiti State Government has assured that it would continue to take
proactive steps towards improving water supply , sanitation and
Hygiene services with the ultimate aim of reducing the prevalence
of water borne diseases in the state.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure and Public
Utilities, Prof Mobolaji Aluko who gave the assurance in Ado-Ekiti
while featuring on a live radio programme to mark the 2023 World
Water Day, urged citizens and residents of the State to be part of
the process to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6
which states that everyone must have access to safely managed Water
and Sanitation by 2030.

Noting that the theme for this year’s World Water Day
Celebration: “Accelerating Change To Solve Water and Sanitation
Crisis” could not have come at a better time, the Special Adviser
urged citizens and residents of the State to strictly follow the
policy of ‘one house, one toilet’ and avoiding open defecation and
other unhealthy practices that could contaminate the under ground
water sources.

Aluko who stated that communal efforts would be required towards
achieving the set target , advised that all under ground water
sources be protected stressing that people should always observe a
long distance between water sources and soak away pits or burial sites
.

He identified open defecation as a major factor in the spread of E
coli Bacteria in Nigeria, charging Ekiti people to make Sanitation and
Hygiene part of their daily practices.

Aluko identified poor supply of electricity as a major challenge
affecting free flow of pipe borne water from the major water
schemes in the state adding that efforts are in top gear to find a
lasting solution to it.

The high point of the World Water Day celebration in the state was a
community engagement/ sensitization forum
organized by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities at
Ago Aduloju community in Ado Local Government Area of the State,
where officials of the Ministry sensitized residents on achieving
good behavioral change on water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
practices.

Officials also sensitized stakeholders in the community on the
importance of Improved Sanitation and Hygiene, as well as awareness on
water quality test and behavioral change in curtailing the scourge of
open defecation.

The results analysis of water samples taken in the community was
also reviewed with the stakeholders and their under ground water was
also treated

In attendance at the 2023 World Water Day Celebration were top
officials of the Ministry,
Ekiti Water and Sewerage Company, Ekiti Rural Water Supply and
Sanitation Agency, Ekiti Water Supply and Regulatory Agency,
NGOs(NEWSAN), Borehole Drillers Association, the State Program
Implementation Unit (SURWASH) and Stakeholders from Ago Aduloju
Community.

Ekiti State Government has inaugurated a twenty-one-member
inter-ministerial committee saddled with the responsibility of finding
lasting solutions to issues relating to water resources management and
its attendant challenges in the state.

Addressing members of the committee named “Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM) Committee” during its inauguration in Ado-Ekiti, the
Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure and Public Utilities
(IPU), Professor Mobolaji Aluko urged members of the committee to work
in synergy in order to find lasting solutions to the outlined age-long
issues.

Aluko explained that Ekiti was endowed with rivers, water schemes and
water dams, such as Egbe, Ero, Ureje and Itapaji that were capable of
providing regular clean and potable water to all parts of the State as
well as serving as a veritable source of revenue to the government in
the areas of agriculture, transportation and recreation.

Highlighting the terms of reference for the constitution of the
committee to include developing a workable framework for flooding and
erosion control, the allocation and distribution of potable water
among all users , as well as preventing water pollution in the State.
Prof. Aluko raised alarm over the reducing water and increasing
turbidity levels of Ureje Dam in Ado which are undoubtedly related to
waste and dredging activities in tributaries feeding it.

He urged representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in
the committee to identify problems in the sector and come up with
workable solutions, including looking into all the state water- and
water-shed-related laws with a view towards reconciling them.

He reminded those who were present of the warning forecast issued by
the relevant National Weather Monitoring and Emergency Management
Agencies about this year’s rainfall and flooding expectations,
particularly in Ekiti state, calling on the people to support the
government at bringing the expected flood disaster to a minimal level.

Aluko thereby advised the committee to assign sub-technical
committees to work on erosion control in order to avert flooding in
the state this year, as well as on other issues as are periodically
identified.

In his remarks , the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure
Public Utilities who is also the Secretary of the Committee, Engr.
Olumide Ajayi, assured that the committee would soon come up with
workable policies, sensitization and awareness programmes that would
address the technicality aspects of water resources management and
prevention of water pollution in the state.

He expressed appreciation to all the Permanent Secretaries, Executives
Secretaries, General Manager, and the Managing Director of the State
Water and Sewage Company for their cooperation and thereby sought for
their further support towards achieving the IWRM international and
global standard practices

The 21-man IWRM committee was set up under EXCOS mandate.

EKSG advocates synergy between Federal and State Fire Services.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on infrastructure and Public
Utilities, Prof Mobolaji Aluko has called for greater synergy between
the Ekiti State Fire Services Department and the Federal Fire Services
in promptly responding to fire outbreaks and other emergencies in the
State.

The Special Adviser gave the charge during a meeting with the
Directors of both fire services in Ado-Ekiti, and urged the two
government agencies to make greater collaboration and effective
service delivery their topmost priorities as part of ultimate efforts
to reduce cases of casualties and fatalities as well as damages caused
by fire out breaks in the state.

He said that with greater collaboration the two agencies can
effectively perform their regulatory functions and respond to cases of
fire outbreak and emergencies in any part of the State.

Aluko also stressed that the state Government would take urgent steps
towards the repair of all faulty fire engines and equipment that were
out of service for the organisation to effectively respond to and
carry out its statutory duties of saving lives and properties whenever
it receives emergency calls.

He pledged the state’s support for the Federal Fire Service’s needs
for the organisation to run effectively in the state.

Aluko noted that Fire services should go beyond responding to fire
incidents , and that the two fire services should also effectively
perform their other statutory roles of fire prevention and issuance of
fire safety certificates to business premises for insurance purposes
and as well as issuing certificates of incident report to fire
victims.

He sought for collaboration of both parties in signing a memorandum of
understanding on the modality for the issuance of fire safety
certificate and certificate of fire incidents report.

Earlier in his remarks the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr
Olumide Ajayi, described the newly amended and passed State Fire Law
2023 as timely, urging the heads of fire departments in the state to
take notes of the amended parts for effective delivery.

The General Manager of State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)
Olajide Borode, urged the Fire Services in the State to always issue
certificates report of incident to fire victims in a timely manner,
especially if on request by the victims as an evidence of claiming any
relief materials that may likely be provided by SEMA office, noting
that the report will serve as an evidence that they are victims of
fire outbreak.

The Controller, Federal Fire Services,Oloniyo Babatope, requested for
an office accommodation for his organisation which is a pre-requsite
condition for him to make requisition for more equipment and personnel
from Abuja.

He revealed that the Ado-Ekiti office is now the zonal headquarters
for Ekiti and Ondo States, and as such is due for more appliances and
personnel if conducive accommodation is provided by the state
government.

He commended the State government for its readiness to provide a
suitable accommodation and other logistics support for the federal
agency in the state.

The Director Fire Services of Ekiti State, Mr Olusola Famosaya
commended the Ministry for bringing the two agencies together as one
entity in order to work as a team towards achieving the same goals,
pledging a renewed cooperation with the Federal Fire
Service for effective and efficient service delivery.