Standup9ja - Lack of water in dam locality worries emir
Despite playing host to Kainji hydro-electricity dam, some
communities in Borgu local government area of Niger state lack electricity and
have no access to portable water.
The anomaly was re-echoed at the weekend by the Emir of
Borgu in Niger state Alhaji Mohammed Sani Kintoro IV, during an assessment
visit by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to Borgu.
The emir lamented that the people of the emirate were dying
from water-borne disease and that the hydro-electric dam had affected all
portable water sources around the communities which played host to it,
stressing that the situation was compounded by the failure of the federal
government to provide alternative water sources, thereby leaving the people
with the option of relying on contaminated water that often brought death to
the emirate.
The emir also said despite being close to electricity
source, power supply to New Bussa, the headquarters of Borgu local government
had been epileptic, even as many communities within the emirate were not
connected to power source.
Responding, Governor Sani Bello, who expressed his
administration’s commitment to addressing the basic needs of the people, said
the state government had earmarked N43m for water supply project in New Bussa,
and that his government would collaborate with other stakeholders to address
other grievances and needs of communities hosting the hydro-electric dam
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