Christiana Gokyo Jos
The Federal Government adopted a national strategy vision 2020 in 2009 which was aimed at improving the living conditions of the population and improving access to sustainable water supply services ranks among the priorities as the urban water sector in Kano, Plateau, Enugu and Ondo.
The Managing Director Kano State Water Board Engr.Garba Ahmed Bichi said the 2 days Project Coordination and Review workshop was part of annual project review process which is conducted twice every year with the previous session that was held in Ondo state.
Speaking with our Correspondent in Jos on Monday (today) shortly after the opening of the 2 days Project Coordination and Review workshop,said the purpose of the workshop was to review and assess the existing position of ongoing projects across all the four (4) states.
According to him,the workshop is aim to identify the challenges evaluate progress,and determine future direction, saying that Kano State is progressing rapidly with the Agence Francaise De Development (AFD) project,which the implementation is divided into two distinct phases.
He said the Phase is nearing completion,with the performance levels reported between 90 percent and 100 percent, adding that,the project is currently transitioning into the infrastructure work phase.
Engr.Ahmed Bichi further pointed out that once these hard components are completed,water distribution will expanded into various nooks and crannies through out the state
"So normally, when we come to this kind of a program, it's just a review of existing position of the projects going on in all the four states of the federation. So we reviewed on the last April,This will not affect the plateau state only but all other states will also have their own project reviewed.From there, then we see our challenges, our progress and decide on what is next.he said.
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