Level 400 students of Adult Education Department of University of Ilorin (Unilorin) have reconstructed the abandoned borehole serving Tanke Oke-Odo community of Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara.
Mr Oladejo Abiodun, the President of Adult and Primary Education Students’ Association, Unilorin, told newsmen on Sunday that the project was a fieldwork and Community Development Intervention Project.
He revealed that the project was embarked upon to expose the students to the practical aspect of community development being taught in class.
“The project was identified as the immediate need of the community as well as an intervention project to address the community’s salient need for the revival of the borehole project,” he said.
According to him, the class is grouped during the quest for the community intervention project, and some members of the class went to search for areas in need of urgent attention.
Abiodun added that the borehole, situated at the residence of the Chief Imam of the community, was abandoned for some years.
The team lead however stated that other community projects were discovered by the students, but they were not as pressing as the borehole project.e
Responding, the Chief Imam of Tanke Oke-Odo, Alhaji Umar Salaudeen, appreciated the intervention of the students, whom he described as focused and promising leaders.
Salaudeen prayed for the continuous progress and development of the university, soliciting for more support to the community.
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