The Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu, Monday, revealed that the federal government has built water resources capacity which can satisfy 32 million Nigerians.
The minister made this remark while addressing newsmen at the headquarters of the ministry in Abuja, the country’s capital.
He said within 7 years of his leadership, at the Ministry, the federal government has put in place over 6,700 water schemes.
He said: “In the last seven years we have constructed more than 6,700 water schemes across the country and we have been able to provide water supply at federal level alone between the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and its agencies.
“The water resources we have built have the capacity to supply more than 32 million people with water.”
He has appreciated the media for its unalloyed support for the 7 years, which had portrayed the ministry as a people friendly one.
“In the meantime, is going to be commissioning galore, and we have already started with Patigi Water Supply Project, after Christmas I will be commissioning the Ahmadu Bello University Wtaer Supply Porject Phase 2.
“We hope also early in January 2023 to flag off Gombe Regional Water Supply project, also to commission a concession on a power plant in Dadinkowa which is 40 megawats, and already injecting power into the National Power Grid, commissioning of Kashimbila Dam Power Project along with the Ministry of Power, and now we are also injecting power into the National Grid.
“We also have the Nasarawa Emergency Power Project, among others. We have irrigation projects including the Hadeja Irrigation project of 6,000 hectares along with Kano River Irrigation project, we have rehabilitated it and we are likely to have 14, 900 hectares of irrigation back on stream, we rehabilitated the major canal, this is the first irrigation work we have done in 50 years.
“We are going to commission the Gari Irrigation project which is 100 per cent completed which was abandoned over 17 years we resuscitated it and we have over 3000 hectares rehabilitated.
“We have the Adada Dam which is completed and working on the treatment plant. We also have the Imo irrigation project ready for commissioning, and that of Enugu State ready for commissioning in the first quarter of 2023”, he said.
