Bayelsa state House of Assembly member, Kate Owoko, two days ago, came under heavy criticism after photos of a zinc floating toilet which she built and commissioned, for members of her constituency in Okori Ama and Oweidei Ama community in Amassoma LGA, Southern Ijaw constituency of the state, surfaced online.
Some cross sections of Nigerians felt that this isn’t the kind of project lawmakers should be commissioning for members of their constituency in 2017. She was blasted and dragged on social media.
Kate has, however, come out to defend her project. In a statement she released via her social media handle, Kate said the women in her community demanded for the floating toilet, saying that it was their most pressing need.
The statement released by her media team reads,
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“In line with widespread rumors on the ‘floating
toilets’ provided for the women of Okori-Ama and Oweidei-Ama of
Amassoma. These were the pressing (immediate) need from these women at
the time. Due to the terrain of these said compounds, they were in grave
need for such toilets to answer to the ‘call-of-nature’.
Prior to today these women hard to expose themselves to unsanitary
conditions. Hence, requested particularly for such toilets from their
representative. Hon Kate Owoko ‘personally’ saw to the actualization of
this pressing demands from her constituents. This should be in no way
mistaken for a constituency project which is her primary duty to her
people. We are all aware that Her constituency project is on Education
and it is ongoing”.
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