Sokoto - The Sokoto State
Government on Saturday said it
bought two 2000 KVA power plants
for the state water board, valued at
about N163 million.
The Commissioner for Water
Resources, Alhaji Shehu Tangaza,
made the disclosure in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Sokoto.
Tangaza said the plants would
further boost the process of water
supply to Sokoto metropolis and its
surroundings.
He added that "the measure is part
of sustained efforts by the present
administration toward improving
water supply to the people of the
state.’’
The state government, he noted,
had also awarded contracts for more
power plants to ensure that all the
bad ones were replaced.
He appealed to Sokoto residents to
use water judiciously, warning that
"people should desist from illegal
connection of water pipes.’’
- NAN