Water Technology: Enugu govt partners firms on free training of South-East graduates

Desirous of availing the youths with technological skills that will guarantee the availability of potable water to the people, the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is collaborating with an indigenous engineering firm, Fordmarx Nigeria Limited and its foreign partner, Lorentz Germany, to organise a free training programme on sustainable water technology for graduate engineers and technologists in the South-East geopolitical zone.

According to a statement by the Managing Director of Fordmarx Nigeria Limited, Dr. Clifford Nnaji, the two-week free training tagged: “Train the Trainer/Capacity Building Programme on Sustainable Water Technology” will focus on borehole drilling, water treatment and plant, renewable energy, irrigation and fire fighting/fire hydrant.

Fordmarx Nigeria Limited is currently handling the comprehensive rehabilitation of the 9th Mile Crash Programme in Enugu State being executed by the Ugwuanyi administration after being abandoned for over 30 years

The water scheme, which involves the rehabilitation and conversion of 13 industrial boreholes to solar power to ensure availability and sustainability of water reticulation to Enugu metropolis, is over 90 percent completed.

Dr. Nnaji in the statement disclosed that the training, which is part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility of giving back to the society, would hold from November 23 to December 3, at The Base Event Centre, Independence Layout, Enugu, Enugu State.