President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to commission Zobe water treatment plant in Katsina state.
The Katsina state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu stated this during an inspection visit to the water treatment plant.
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Yakubu said the visit was to assess the level of progress of the project for onward commissioning by the president.
The deputy governor expressed satisfaction with quality of the work and the progress so far achieved by the contractor, saying “the is hundred percent completed.”
He explained that the project was sponsored by the Federal government while the state government will soon commence pipes lying laying pipes in some part of the state.
The Managing Director of state Water Board, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuƙi Abubakar said the water treatment was designed to treat and pump 75 million litres per day but now it treating and pumping 50 million litres.
He said, some areas like Katsina, Dutsinma Kurfi and environs have already started benefitting the water.
According to him the water treatment plant was started for over 25 years but abandoned in which the present Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has completed it.
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The deputy governor was conducted round the project site by the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Musa Adamu Funtua.
