After several years of abandonment, the Delta State water supply scheme in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state, has come on stream, with residents of the community heaving a sigh of relief for potable water.
This followed the reticulation of water pipelines, reconstruction of mini-treatment plant; provision of pre-paid water metre with external smart card, rehabilitation/servicing of existing generating set, among other processes
The project was made possible through funding from Delta State Sustainable Urban-Rural Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene (SURWASH), a World Bank-assisted programme and implemented by the State Urban Water Corporation (DESUWACO).
Leading members of the state inter-ministerial steering committee on SURWASH to inspect the water head works at Ugwuatakpo, Ibusa, the state Commissioner for Water Resources Development, Dr. Isaac Wilkie said the feat was a testimony that the Oborevwori administration was committed to giving residents of the state the dividends of democracy.
Wilkie, who is the chairman of the committee, accompanied by the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Pat Ajudua; Commissioner for Primary Education, Dr. Kingsley Ashibogwu, among other members of the committee.
“Government has done its part by providing potable water for this community to improve the quality of lives of residents. It is now left for you all to see to it that this project is not vandalised in any way, but rather do all possible to see to it that the facility is preserved,” the commissioner said.
On her part, Commissioner for Women Affairs, an indigene of the community, expressed gratitude to God and the incumbent government for making potable water available again for the community after many years that the facility had been in comatose.
Residents of the community expressed happiness that the public were running and as a result, they would no longer have to go some distances to fetch water for their households.
They thanked the state government for the gesture extended to the community.
