A think-tank group of the governing party, the APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign, has lauded what it called a landmark breakthrough by President Muhammadu Buhari administration in the water sector.
The group noted that the same relentless focus being applied to building and completing rail, road and aviation projects, has been extended to the water sector as projects are receiving increased federal attention and investment with attendant groundbreaking results being achieved.
A statement signed by coordinators of the group, Barrister Ismail Ahmed, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu and Tolu Ogunlesi listed 12 dams completed by the Buhari administration in eleven states across the federation.
The group also disclosed that three Hydropower Projects have also been completed which included “Gurara Hydropower Project, 30MW, Kaduna State-completed and concessioned in 2020; Kashimbila Hydropower Project, 40MW, Taraba, now ready for concessioning; and the Dadin-Kowa Hydropower Project, 40MW, Gombe, which has been completed, and is now feeding into the National Grid.
‘In the area of irrigation, seven (7) projects have been fully completed, with another two partly completed (sectoral completion). In addition, thirty (30) of the forty-one (41) priority Water Supply Projects inherited by the Administration have now been completed; the very first one to be completed being the Central Ogbia Regional Water Supply Project in Bayelsa State, in September 2016, and the most recent being the Zobe and Kazaure Water Supply Projects in Katsina and Jigawa States, in July 2021.”
“The APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign further commended the federal government for averting itself to the revitalisation of River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs), to enable them fully serve the purpose for which they were established.
“These RBDAs have collectively built 42 small dams in their catchment areas, and efforts are on to collaborate with State Governments to fully utilize these dams. The RBDAs have also leased 253 farmlands to the private sector for commercial agriculture, according to the Ministry of Water Resources; 181 of these farmlands are already being fully utilised. Partial Commercialization has also commenced at four of the RBDAs, as part of the administration’s efforts to ensure greater private sector involvement in the management and utilisation of national infrastructure.
“In the area of Sanitation, President Buhari signed Executive Order 9 on November 20, 2019, in support of the Administration’s efforts to end Open Defecation across the country. So far, 62 Local Government Areas across 12 States of the country have been certified Open Defecation Free.
“On a policy level, the Administration has developed a Water Sector Roadmap (2016 — 2030), that is providing inspiration and guidance for the unprecedented work in infrastructure delivery and sector reform.”
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