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Adamu Lawal Toro Six months ago, precisely in May 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, commissioned the N23.5 billion Bauchi Township Water Supply Project, aimed at providing clean drinking water to over 1 million inhabitants of Bauchi metropolis. The project was funded 90 percent by […]
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Adamu Lawal Toro
Six months ago, precisely in May 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, commissioned the N23.5 billion Bauchi Township Water Supply Project, aimed at providing clean drinking water to over 1 million inhabitants of Bauchi metropolis.
The project was funded 90 percent by the World Bank, while the Bauchi State Government provided 10 percent of counterpart fund under the Third Urban National Water Sector Reform Project, and was guaranteed by federal government, including the critical supervision and oversight of the project under the office of the National Urban Sector Reform Project within the Ministry of Water Resources.
This project was expected to address the critical water shortages, seriously complicated by the population explosion, which Bauchi metropolis had been experiencing coupled with the crisis within its neighbouring states, especially Plateau and Yobe states.
While Mr President was happy with the completion of the project, and even described it as a success story, residents are still groaning under poor water supplies, and in some cases, no supply at all.
For the residents of Tudun Salmanu, Karofi, substantial parts of the New GRA and Old Airport Road, to mention just a few, water supply has gone from bad to worse. Some of these areas get water only twice a week, which is characterised by low water pressure, and the supply lasts for between 2 to 4 hours.