By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The World Bank has constructed 10 new solar boreholes in Yobe and also rehabilitated 22 solar boreholes and 170 hand pumps across the 17 local government areas of Yobe.
The project coordinator of the World Bank Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP), Alhaji Musa Jidawa, made this known in a message on the 2021 World Water Day celebration in Damaturu.
World Water Day is an international day celebrated on March 22, annually.
It is designated to celebrate water and raise awareness of the global water crisis and a core focus of the observance is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
“In areas where projects had been completed and handed over to communities, such facilities are maximally benefitting both residents and livestock with efficient sources of water, provided in accordance with MCRP’s build back better principle.
“To ensure effective operation and maintenance of WASH facilities, community trainable and interested individuals were identified and trained on Village Level Operation and Maintenance (VLOM).
“To carry out routine maintenance and minor repairs to prevent the water facilities becoming nonfunctional.”, he said.
Other projects according to him include infrastructure for the restoration of essential services, through reconstructing destroyed public buildings, roads and bridges, rehabilitation of health centres, schools and water facilities across 17 LGAs in Yobe State.
Jidawa also explained that MCRP is implementing various projects in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
He said the project was designed and implemented to significantly contribute to the recovery of the North-East region from the destructive impact of the Boko Haram crisis, as part of the broader North-East Recovery and Stability Programme (NERSP).