{"id":19422,"date":"2017-11-23T22:09:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T21:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=19422"},"modified":"2017-11-23T22:09:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T21:09:22","slug":"water-corporation-warns-ikoyi-residents-staff-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/water-corporation-warns-ikoyi-residents-staff-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Corporation Warns Ikoyi Residents Against Staff Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_6709691530605902952yiv3159896418MsoNormal\"><span id=\"m_6709691530605902952yMail_cursorElementTracker_1511469467902\" lang=\"EN\">The management of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) has expressed concern over intimidation and harassment of its staff by some residents of Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6709691530605902952yiv3159896418MsoNormal\"><span id=\"m_6709691530605902952yMail_cursorElementTracker_1511469679914\" lang=\"EN\">A former lawmaker, Senator <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1780927932\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday<\/span><\/span> Fajinmi, who is the Chairman of Dolphin Estate Residents Association, has \u00a0been fingered as the person behind the disturbance.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6709691530605902952yiv3159896418MsoNormal\"><span id=\"m_6709691530605902952yMail_cursorElementTracker_1511469578375\" lang=\"EN\">A statement issued by the Managing Director, Lagos Water Corporation, Muminu Badmus, stated that residents of the Estate have &#8220;<\/span><span id=\"m_6709691530605902952yMail_cursorElementTracker_1511469634960\">continually harassed workers of the Corporation thereby preventing them and contractors from carrying out their official duties.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6709691530605902952yiv3159896418MsoNormal\"><span id=\"m_6709691530605902952yMail_cursorElementTracker_1511469632827\" lang=\"EN\">According to him,<\/span><span id=\"m_6709691530605902952yMail_cursorElementTracker_1511469979155\">\u00a0LWC recently received a report of burst water mains and a team of Engineers was promptly dispatched to carry out repairs, but were prevented and held hostage by security personnel allegedly on the instruction of the Chairman of Residents Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6709691530605902952yiv3159896418MsoNormal\"><span id=\"m_6709691530605902952yMail_cursorElementTracker_1511469981183\">\u00a0He explained that it took the intervention of top management staff of LWC to secure the release of the staff.<\/span><\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; 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