Aregbesola said that in the history of the state and, indeed, the defunct Western Region, the water project was the biggest project coming to one town. Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says his administration will spend N48.73 billion on the Ilesa water and sanitation project.The governor said this in Ilesa on Monday at the launch of the project tagged ‘‘the biggest singular project in Osun since its creation’’.He said that a major part of the funds for the project, which was 65 million U.S. dollars (about N23 billion), had been obtained from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in Saudi Arabia.He added that the loan had a repayment period of 25 years.Aregbesola said the contractor handling the project, which was appointed by IDB, had given an assurance that the project would be completed within 24 months.He expressed the hope that by December 2019, the water project, including the waterworks, would be fully operational.
