Kwara govt to rehabilitate Sobi, Lafiagi, Zambufu waterworks
The Kwara State Government, through the Ministry of Water Resources, has awarded the rehabilitation contracts of Sobi, Lafiagi, and Zambufu Waterworks to Hydrogold Ltd. and Shegs Contracts Ltd. in order to put the facilities back to functional use.
Hon. Usman Yunusa Lade, the State Commissioner for Water Resources, while disclosing this during the handing over at Sobi Waterworks in Ilorin, the state capital, charged the contractor to do a quality job and deliver the project following the contract agreement.
He said, “I want to believe that we were here sometime ago to assess the level of damage caused by flood. You should be able to do a thorough and quality job for us.”
Responding, the representative of the Contractor, Hydrogold Ltd., Engr. Gbenga Durojaye promised that the company would deliver the project as specified in the contractual agreement, stressing that some preliminary works would start in earnest in order to meet up with the terms of the contract.
He thanked the state government for the confidence reposed in them, adding that they would not renege in their promises.
In a related development, the Commissioner, while handing over the Lafiagi and Zambufu Waterworks to Shegs Contracts Ltd., appealed to the contractor for a total rehabilitation of the facility.
He enjoined the contractor to do diligent and quality work for the state, warning that the state government would not accept any sub-standard job from any contractor.
At the Palace of the Emir of Lafiagi, Hon. Lade briefed the Monarch, Alh. Mohammed Kudu Kawu said that the project’s scope had been increased to include the drilling of additional boreholes, extension, and reticulation of more fetching points.
He explained further that the state government resolved to overhaul the Waterworks to make them function efficiently, advising the affected communities to provide security to protect the facilities in order to avoid vandalisation by hoodlums as witnessed before.
The Commissioner also used the opportunity to congratulate the Emir for appointing their son, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, as Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In his welcome address, the Emir of Lafiagi, Alh. Mohammed Kudu Kawu assured that the community would double its efforts to ensure the security of the facilities.
He thanked the state government for always coming to their aid each time they approached the government with the challenges of provision of social amenities in their communities across the Emirate.
Responding on behalf of the contractor, Shegs Contracts Ltd, the company’s Managing Director, Alh. Muritala Abdulsalam assured the Commissioner that the company would deliver a quality job.
Alh. Abdulsalam thanked the state government for the opportunity given to his company to fix the Waterworks, stressing that they would not disappoint in the execution of the project.
It would be recalled that last year, there was a heavy downpour, which caused the flood to damage the Sobi Waterworks facility and render it non-functional.
