Chairman, Critical Stakeholders’ Forum in Yobe, Alhaji Goni Fika, has commended the Federal Government and Senator Ibrahim Bomoi of Yobe South, for reviving the abandoned Fika-Gadaka water supply project.
Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu had on February 17 disclosed that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved a review of the contract for the project.
It would be recalled that the water project was abandoned in 2007 at 30 per cent completion level.
However, Fika, while speaking to Journalists in Damaturu on Monday disclosed that the recent resumption of work on the site could not have happened without intense lobbying by the senator.
“You will hardly be proved wrong if you loudly shout to say Fika is probably the only local government area in Yobe without potable water.
“This predicament is suffered by all the inhabitants along Fika and Gadaka, who our senator will now save from drinking muddy water, drawn from Fika shallow seasonal streams.
“People desperately search for water through the digging of wells and drilling of boreholes which in most cases prove abortive.”, he said.
Fika further said, “by this action, the distinguished senator has joined the league of the most successful sons and daughters of this land who have immensely impacted on the lives of the people.
“He has also written his name in gold, and by the grace of the Almighty Allah, we will reciprocate this gesture with our ballots, support and encouragement,” he added.
The Forum chairman also commended Yobe governor, Mai MalaBuni for his efforts towards the continuation of the project and other projects that had a direct bearing on the lives of the people.
Fika assured the contractor, Atlantic Drilling Fluid Services Nigeria Ltd, that the people in the community would give their support to ensure the successful completion of the project.
