Abandoned Water Projects in Nigeria will be completed Eng. Suleiman Adamu, the minister for Water Resources has said. About 117 water projects in the federal ministry of water resources in Nigeria have been abandoned.
The ministry is set to complete at least 25% of these projects in 2017.
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Eng. Suleiman Adamu, the minister for Water Resources says that after the technical audit of the projects, the most viable ones which make up for 25% of the projects can be completed. He also called for the early disbursement of budgetary allocations for the sector in order to complete part of the projects.
He however said that the ministry would not be involved in construction of any new products but are focusing on completing the abandoned projects.
In a meeting held where Committee members paid him a visit, Mr. Suleiman said that any implementation of new projects would have to be in the Water Resource Master Plan and support both the energy deficiency of the nation as well as the Ministry flagship farmers’ empowerment scheme that would have the capability of driving the country’s Agricultural policy.
The Committee’s visit which is part of its constitutional duties and its main aim is to scrutinizing the Ministry’s books so as to address the general performance of the current financial year. Hon. Aliyu Pategi, Chairman of the Committee said that the relationship between the Ministry and Committee has been good and hopes to further strengthen it all for the benefit of the nation.
Members of the committee are expected to comply with all the guidelines in the yet to be released Water Resources Master plan during the selection of constituency projects so as to prevent any further delays in the prioritized projects.
