Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, inaugurated the Azare Mega Water Works in the Hawul local government area in the southern part of the state.
The mega water project is aimed at addressing the lingering water scarcity in Azare town and the adjoining communities.
Azare mega water works is one of the eight mega water projects initiated by the Zulum administration across the state.
While the mega water works in Ngarannam, Moramti, Pulka, Chibok and Azare have been completed those of Madinatu and Shokwari in Jere and Musari in Maiduguri are still ongoing.
The project has a combined 565,000-liter capacity reservoir, a 400,000 liters corrugated surface tank raised on a reinforced concrete base and another 165,000 liters corrugated overhead tank on a 12m height steel stanchion.
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The facility is powered by 22,000kv solar power and equipped with 10Hp buster pumps. It has a 5km distribution reticulation network system and various types of batteries of taps along the distribution network.
The facility also comprises of clusters of over six basement solar-powered boreholes on depths ranging from 100m with a total discharge of more than 10 Iitres per second.
Performing the commissioning ceremony, Zulum said, “It is my singular honour and privilege to commission the Azare mega water works today, the 17th of March, 2024, to the glory of God and the benefit of humanity and this community.”
The commissioner of water resources, Engr Tijjani Goni Alkali, recalled that Zulum’s administration has constructed over ten basements and hybrid boreholes, 17 hand pump boreholes and rehabilitated 20 hand pumps in Hawul Local Government Area.
Engr Alkali explained that by completing the Azare mega water projects, the objective of providing potable water supply to the people of Hawul Local Government is being achieved and incidences of water-borne diseases will be curtailed.
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri
