— Water
Over 80% of our people have for long been sourcing drinking water from streams, ponds and rivers. This is the major cause of incessant outbreak of pandemic killer diseases like typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery, intestinal worms, chicken-pox among others.
Successive governments made attempt to ameliorate this persistent problem by sinking boreholes in some towns and villages, but most of these boreholes have either never been functional at all or have broken down.
In view of the above, I have resolved to provide an enduring and elaborate panacea to this perennial canker. I will step in from two dimensions:
Dimension One:
Utilize my office to influence the Federal Government to embark on more water projects in all the compositing units of the Senatorial District. While I shall pursue with vigour speedy completion of the following on-going projects:
- Kashimbilla Hydro-electric Dam in Takum Local Government Area
- Fikyu Dam in Ussa Local Government Area
- Mararraba Dam in Donga Local Government Area
- Warsaji Irrigation Dam in Donga Local Government Area
Furthermore, I am masterminding the siting of the underlisted water projects by the Federal Government in this zone.
- Motorised borehole at Bibinu in Donga Local Government Area
- Motorised borehole at Nwonkyo in Wukari Local Government Area
It is sorrowful to observe that almost all the motorised and solar powered boreholes sunk by Obasanjo government between 1999 and 2007 are not functioning. Efforts will be intensified to get the Federal Ministry of Water Resources rehabilitate them for the utilization of our masses.
Dimension Two:
Under this dimension, I affirm that my covenant with the people of old Kwararrafa Kingdom transcends political and official divides. Hence I am personally committed to their welfare and so will not be weary of mobilizing resources from personal earnings to augment government gestures in this sector. To this end, a hand pump borehole will be drilled in each of the rural council wards in the zone. Of course, this endeavour will cover the period of my tenureship i.e. 2008 through 2011.
