FG raises concern over increasing number of borehole projects across Nigeria

The Federal Government has expressed shock at the rate in which Nigerians engaged in boreholes drilling across the country, despite efforts to find a solution to potable water. Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources, expressed the view of the government, at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum, held in Abuja on Sunday.

According to the Minister, the situation is attributed to lapses in the provision of potable water, adding that the issue could have been minimised, if there were workable water schemes in the country.

Adamu said, “I am appalled at the rate at which boreholes are being drilled in urban centres. There is really no need for it if we have good and sound municipal water schemes working; we shall have no reason; we shall have no business having boreholes at all.

“I had the opportunity of working in a water agency in the old Kano State for years, in those years in the old Kano city; you could hardly see a borehole anywhere in the town. But I was shocked at one time a couple of years after I left, and I was on my own; I went into Kano city and I was seeing boreholes and overhead tanks as public water systems.

“It was shocking to me because we did know that we had a robust municipal water supply in those days that had standing pipes for people for free fetching of water and if you had the direct connection into your house, you paid,” The Water Resources Minister said.

He further disclosed that the recent declaration of “State of Emergency“ in the water sector, and the ongoing efforts to pass the National Water Bill were the steps taken by the Federal Government to curb the situation in the country.

According to him, efforts are ongoing by the federal government to obtain loan assistance from the World Bank for water projects in six strategic cities in Nigeria.

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