Worried by the chronic water scarcity during the dry season
and attendant outbreak of diseases, Plateau State government has drilled 340
hand pump bore holes across local government areas in the state to provide
potable drinking water for the citizens.
The state Commissioner for Information and Communication,
Muhammad Nazif and his Water Resources and Energy counterpart, Ja'afaru Wuyep,
disclosed these to newsmen in Jos.
The project, Nazif explained, was being supported by the
EU-UNICEF through the Plateau Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency,
PRUWASSA, noting that "the Lalong-led administration is also making
efforts to reposition the Bokkos Water Treatment Plant and make it functional
as rehabilitation of the facility is at an advanced stage."
Similarly, Wuyep disclosed: "Efforts are ongoing to
restore several kilometres of rusted water pipelines to supply water to several
communities within the Jos/Bukuru metropolis, which was disrupted in 2014
because of the construc-tion of overhead bridge at the secretariat
junction."
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