The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammed Bello has commissioned five solar-powered boreholes at the Kwali Waterworks.
Commissioning the projects on Monday, Bello, disclosed the project was constructed many years ago, but was abandoned due to lack of maintenance, adding that the present FCT administration had played its part by providing the facility and the machine it would use to power it.
He attributed the success to the visionary leadership of President Mohammadu Buhari. he added that the projects offer lots of advantages to the residents both for private and business purposes.
Bello said: “We are grateful to the CGC Nigeria Limited for this laudable project. But I am not surprised that the company is doing this after 30 years of solid relationship with Nigeria.”
Satellite Town Development Department (STDD) Coordinator in the FCT, Ishaku Yamawo said that the Kwali Water Supply Scheme was constructed in the 1980s, lamenting that the waterworks stopped functioning due to lack of maintenance by past FCT administrations.
“In the Abuja Masterplan, there is no provision for the extension of water supply from the Lower Usman Dam treatment plant which supplies water to FCT satellite towns in the Area Council,’’ Yamawo said.
