Bauchi State Governor Senator Bala Mohammed has apologized to the people of Bauchi metropolis for not getting the required potable water to meet their daily needs due to the rehabilitation and expansion work going on at the Gubi water Treatment Plant.
He said work has reached 95 percent completion and water would soon run through the pipes.
The governor, while explaining that though the Bauchi State Urban Water and Sewage Corporation (BSUWSC) has on daily basis been supplying water by use of water tankers to the people, it was not enough to meet their needs.
Speaking at Gubi Water Treatment Plant in continuation of his projects supervision and inspection tour across the state, the governor said his administration is poised to provide potable water to not only the inhabitants of Bauchi metropolis, but the entire people of the state.
The governor said that the state government is considering the possibility for the use of abandoned Waya dam being constructed by the Upper Benue River Basin Authority (UBRBDA) to enhance the provision of water supply to the people.
Under the proposed Waya dam programme, the governor said, a new water treatment plant is to be constructed to ensure that Bauchi and its environs enjoy adequate potable water supply to improve the quality of life of the people who voted him into power.
“My problem is how to get the use of Waya dam so that we can build an additional water treatment plant in such a way that we can provide water to the people of Bauchi for the next 100 years.
