ONITSHA

Anambra moves to resuscitate Onitsha water scheme

Written by Vincent Ujumadu

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

ANAMBRA State government has opened discussions with Mushata, a Jordanian engineering company, for the resuscitation of the collapsed Greater Onitsha water scheme. If the plan works out, the commercial city of Onitsha and its environs which had lacked public water supply for nearly 20 years would begin to enjoy the amenity. The discussion was a follow up to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the company last year, following feasibility studies conducted by the company. Top officials of the company, at a presentation to Governor Peter Obi and members of his Executive Council at the Government House, Awka said, all things being equal, the company would start the test run by the end of the year. The company’s Senior Adviser on Water, Dr. George Ayoub said, the company had already designed a project to turn around the collapsed Nkisi Water Works and build a new scheme in Obosi, estimated to provide 240,000 cubic litres of water per day at an estimated average of 120 litres of water for each person per day for the about two million people in the area.

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