Yobe gov’t to complete 27 million litres water capacity project in April
The Yobe Commissioner for Water Resources, Alkali Jajere, has indicated that the production and distribution of 27 million litres of water daily under phase one of the Damaturu Water Project will commence soon.
Jajere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the federal government-funded project was expected to be completed in April.
He said that the project involved the construction of three workstations with a joint capacity to produce 27 million litres of water daily.
Jajere said he was pleased to announce that the three stations located at Sunsumma, Nayinawa, and Mallamatari areas had already been completed.
“The project was approved by the federal government at N6.4 billion, with 24 months completion period beginning from April 2020.
“It comprises three sites; each site has 10 industrial boreholes powered by solar, generator, and the national grid.
“Each of the sites also has the capacity to produce 9 million litres of water daily,” the commissioner said.
He said that already the stations had pumped over 6 million litres of water into an underground reservoir at the state Water Corporation Agency.
He added that an overhead tank currently under construction at the Agency would store up to three million litres of water.
The commissioner said the state on its part, funded the just completed reticulation of the entire Damaturu and its environs ahead of the project completion period.
According to him, the initial contract for the project was earlier terminated but later revived through the efforts of Governor Mai Mala Buni, shortly after he assumed office.
Jajere said the completion of the project would address water shortages in most parts of the Sahelian state, with an ever-increasing population.
The commissioner announced that the state planned to construct a dam in Damagum to augment the project.
He noted that after the completion of the dam, the reticulation exercise would be extended to many communities in Buni Gari, Babbangida, Kukareta, and Ngelzarma towns among others.