By Yemi Olakitan
The Managing Director of the Cross River Water Board, Mr Victor Ekpo, has announced that beginning the following week, residents of Calabar will have access to a public water supply that is uninterrupted around the clock.
Ekpo made these comments on Monday, during an interview in Calabar.
He stated that certain areas of the nation’s capital had already begun to benefit from the availability of public water supplies.
According to Ekpo, the business that was laying optic fibre cables around the city was causing damage to the city’s pipes, which was delaying the completion of the full coverage.
According to him, around 80 percent of the city’s capital, Calabar, will have access to a continuous supply of water from the water board for twenty-four hours a day.
Ekpo indicated that the reason the board had refused to pump out water was to avoid flooding the city, and that this was the reason why they had made their decision.
“As we speak, we have started serving some portions, but our plan for providing complete coverage is being held up since our cables are being broken by those laying wires.
“We have reached an agreement, and the firms have already begun the replacement of some of these pipelines,” he said. “We are quite excited about this.”
The Managing Director continued by stating that there will be a delay in water supply from other sub-stations located throughout the state due to some unforeseen circumstances.
Ekpo, on the other hand, stated that the board has begun pumping water to a select number of inhabitants of Ogoja, which is located in the Ogoja Local Government Area of the state.
He stated, “We are working hard at sorting out these issues, and I can tell you that soonest, we will have our workers smiling again.” “We are working hard at resolving out these issues.”
Ekpo made a plea to consumers who were behind on their water board bills to pay them off so that they may take advantage of the enhanced service.
You may recall that Ekpo previously expressed concern that the N1.2 billion in overdue debts owed to the water board by customers had negatively impacted the board’s ability to provide services to the people.
It was impossible to repair broken down pipes, according to what he had said, because the debts that covered the period from January 2020 to March 2021 had rendered it impossible.
