The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu on Thursday, handed over the rehabilitated Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Water Supply Scheme executed by the Federal Government for provision of potable water to the residents of the University.
ASHENEWS reports that the rehabilitation of the five million liters per day water project, was executed through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.
The water project, which was carried out in two phases, commenced with the Phase I in 2006 and was completed in 2017 representing about 70% of its envisaged scope.
Contract for the Phase II of the project was awarded in March 2020, a job that had been satisfactorily executed.
Inaugurating and handing over the project to the University authorities, Adamu said that the project had been completed to the highest level of quality at a total cost of over N996 million.
He explained that the scheme has a total design capacity of five million liters per day, and that it is meant to serve over 200,000 people, especially residents of Samaru and Kongo campuses as well as their environs.
The Minister also stated that the quality of the treated water from the scheme had been subjected to laboratory testing and found to be acceptable within national and international standards for drinking water.
Engr. Adamu expressed the hope that the management of the University would effectively operate and maintain the water supply facility so as to provide sustained services to the beneficiaries.
He expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for approving funding towards speedy execution of the project.
The Minister thanked the Vice-Chancellor for the cooperation accorded the Ministry during the project execution and also commended the contractor as well as staff of the Ministry that worked assiduously to realise the project.
In his brief remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabiru Bala, expressed gratitude to the Minister for the water rehabilitation project, saying the scheme would augment the existing water supply system of the institution.
