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From John Adams, Minna
After 20 years of abandonment, the Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has awarded N1.2 billion contracts for the total overhauling and reticulation of New Bussa water works in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.
The water works has been left unattended to by past administrations in the state, leaving the people of host communities of the Kainji Hydro Electricity dam with acute scarcity of water for the past 20 years.
HYPPADEC Managing Director, Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, while speaking at the contract signing and handing over ceremony of the project at the site in New Bussa, said the rehabilitation work, when completed, would end the over 20 years of acute water scarcity in New Bussa and its environs.
Yelwa disclosed the contract is for a duration of six months for its completion and, therefore, warned the contractors to adhere strictly to the contract specifications so as to have value for money.
The managing director, who was represented by the Director, Community and Rural Development Directorate of the commission, Mahmud Mohammed Umar, described the water project as very critical to the life of the people of Borgu and its environs and urged the community to support and take ownership of the project for their overall benefits.
Operations Director, Ilyasu Abdullahi Wara, in a separate remarks, explained that the contract is divided into seven lots to various contractors to ensure speedy completion within the duration and at the same time meet specification.
He added that the project consist of technical and booster station of one million litres pump house, tank rehabilitation, utility vehicles, laboratory equipments, reticulation system and 7km expansion of distribution, rehabilitation of entire water works building and 3km expansion of old township and maintenance among others.
