Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has ordered the state Ministry of Water Resources to complete the Azare Mega Water Project in Hawul Local Government Area of the state in two months.
The governor made the call yesterday in Azare town while evaluating the project at the site.
The state`s Commissioner of Water Resources Tijjani Baba-Alkali, reassured the governor that the project would be completed within the stipulated time.
Baba-Alkali said that the Azare Mega Water Project, which began four months ago, had 10 middle aquifer boreholes each with a pumping capacity of nine to 10 litres per second.
The project, according to him, is expected to store 560,000 litres of water to enhance its availability to the 20,000 residents of Azare and its environs.
“The 560,000 litres combine a surface tank with 400,000-litre capacity and an overhead tank with 160,000 litre capacity,” he said.
The commissioner disclosed that the project included the reticulation of primary and secondary distribution networks of over 3 km and arrays of the water points.
He further explained that the drilling of six out of 10 boreholes for the project had been completed, with four more to go.
Baba-Alkali also explained that the water project would be powered by a hybrid of 24,000 watts of solar capacity and a 100 KVA generator set.
