From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has directed the Ministry of Lands and its Water Resources counterpart to ensure that the Chanchaga Police Divisional Headquarters and all other buildings on water pipeline in the area are pull down.
The Governor gave the directives when he inspected a bursted water pipeline located at the Police station which has prevented the supply of water to not less than 200 residents in the area.
He expressed displeasure on why structures including a Police station will be built on water pipeline which leads to one of the biggest reservoirs in Minna that supplies water to homes, describing the situation as unfortunate.
He reiterated that his administration in 2016, made a lot of investments in buying low and high lift pumps as well as other accessories to ensure adequate and constant clean water supply to the people, saying, that not being able to pump water due to bursted pipe is not encouraging.
The Managing Director Niger state Water and Sewage Corporation, Hassan Mohammed Chado, explained that the bursted water pipeline was laid over 40 years ago, pointing out that there was no building around the area at the time.
