The Federal Government is working hard to address the decline in water supply and sanitation in the country, Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has said.
He spoke at the inspection and handing over of soil erosion control and road improvement works at Yalenguruza, Gombe State,
Adamu, in a statement issued by the ministry’s Director (Press and Public Relations), Kenechukwu Offie, in Abuja, said the Federal Government had put in place concrete action plans to curtail the problems associated with water supply and sanitation.
The minister said the water supply projects in the state would address water shortages and improve the socio-economic lives of the people.
“The successful completion of this project would enhance improvement in the socio-economic lives of the people,” the minister was quoted to have said in the statement.
The statement said the project is one of the 26 ecological intervention projects across the six geopolitical zones of the federation which was executed by the federal government through the Ecological Fund Office in the state.
The minister also inspected the Dadin Kowa Hydropower Dam project, the completed Kwami, Gadam and Bojude water supply scheme designed to serve the three communities and environs aimed at providing sustainable potable water and reduce the incidence cases of water related diseases.
Adamu urged the people to take ownership and guard the project to ensure it’s maintenance and sustainability.
The state Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, commended federal government for the various intervention projects in the water sector in the state.
He pledged his readiness to partner with the government to bring more water supply schemes which would attract Investments and development in the state.
The Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar thanked the Federal Government for the provision of potable water in his domain.