Director of Project, Kaduna State Water Corporation, (KADSWAC), Mr. Usman Ibrahim, on Monday, February 10, 2025, assured Nigerians of the Federal and Kaduna State Governments’ commitment to the provision of potable water.
Ibrahim disclosed this at a two-day stakeholders’ retreat to assess the progress of the Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (SURWASH) programme in Kano, organised by KADSWAC.
The retreat has “Enhancing Effectiveness: Procedures and Best Practise of Work Plan Preparation and Implementation, Proper Financial Management and Fund Disbursement” as its theme.
The retreat is specifically on financial documentation, fund disbursement mechanisms and procedures to best practice of work plan preparation.
The director explained that both governments were deeply concerned about the Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) activities.
Ibrahim said the aim of the retreat was to review progress, identify issues, and find solutions to tackle them, hence the choice of Kano.
“There is need to improve water and sanitation services for the people, in line with this, the Kaduna state government has awarded a N25 billion contract in December,” he confirmed.
Similarly, Mr. Ibrahim Hamza, Kaduna State Commissioners for Public Works and Infrastructure, who doubles as the Chairman, State Steering Committee of SURWASH, recalled that the programme began in May 2021.
He said there was mid-term review by World Bank and Federal Ministry of Water Resources last year to see what had been done in the past three years on the project.
“There is need for state government to bring in their money, expend it, if the result comes out, they will go and claim their money or whatever they invest.
“Provision of water is one of the key projects of SURWASH which encompasses both urban, semi-urban and rural water supply sanitation and hygiene for most of the communities,” he said.
By Bosede Olufunmi