Minna water scarcity: Be patient with us – Gov Bago begs Niger residents

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago has appealed to residents, peculiarly those successful Minna metropolis, to stay diligent amid the ongoing h2o shortage, assuring that his medication is moving to code the situation.

The politician made the entreaty portion briefing journalists astatine the Government House successful Minna connected captious issues affecting residents, including h2o scarcity, energy supply, and insecurity successful parts of the state.

Bago attributed the h2o challenges to decades of neglected infrastructure, noting that galore pipelines, immoderate implicit 30 to 40 years old, are broken.

He besides cited ongoing operation works and the increasing colonisation successful the authorities superior arsenic factors putting unit connected the existing h2o system, adding that the authorities has commenced steps toward a holistic overhaul of the h2o infrastructure to supply a lasting solution.

According to him, “Efforts are underway to desilt the Tagwai Dam, regenerate aged pipelines, and revamp the organisation web successful Minna, portion expanding reservoirs and h2o articulation systems to guarantee improved entree to potable water.

“In the interim, we are deploying h2o tankers to administer h2o to affected communities. We are besides collaborating with improvement partners to drill boreholes successful areas wherever residents request potable drinking...