Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, says his administration’s 180-day target to address water scarcity in Enugu city, was not for boasting but due to the urgency of the matter.
Speaking at the official commissioning of an ultra-modern water scheme at Ninth Mile and other water galleries in parts of the Enugu metropolis, Mbah emphasized that resolving the water challenge is vital for his vision of making Enugu a top State in GDP and achieving a zero percent poverty rate.
This significant occasion represents the realization of Governor Peter Mbah’s primary campaign promise to provide portable pipe-borne water to Enugu city within the first 180 days of assuming office.
And this newly commissioned 24/7 Ninth Mile Water Scheme, capable of delivering 70 million liters of potable water daily, is key to solving the state’s water shortage.
Governor Mbah believes that attracting investors and fostering economic growth is hinged on addressing such fundamental issues.
“One need not be a rocket scientist to discern that few investors will be attracted to the state under such dire circumstances, neither can existing businesses expand to generate additional jobs and economic growth. If anything, these conditions are suffocating businesses and households and leading to unnecessary sufferings across the State.
Faced with this fundamental issue, and considering the suffering of Ndi Enugu it was only natural that we identified provision of water as one of our first targets in the drive to execute our mandate and social contract with citizens of Enugu”, Mbah stated.
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Governor Mbah assured that pipe-borne water is here to stay, offering businesses in Enugu the opportunity to connect to public water and adopt monthly water rates, akin to practices in advanced environments.
He encouraged those who own water tankers to consider selling them for alternative uses.
“We are currently supplying water at appreciable pressures to Enugu municipality and I can state here and now that pipe-borne water is here to stay. Now the businesses in Enugu can just connect to public water and pay monthly water rates like is the practice in other advanced environments, those of them who have invested in water tankers can put them up for sale and free up capital for other uses. For example we at the Government House are in the process of decommissioning our tankers to various people for alternative uses”, Governor Mbah advised.
The event concluded with the Governor commissioning water galleries in some parts of the state capital, with a commitment to extend the water revolution project to towns outside of the Enugu city facing different degrees of water challenges.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
