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RSG Restates Commitment To Rural Water Supply
The Rivers State Government, has restated its commitment towards ensuring easy access to clean water by all committees in the state.
The commissioner for Water Resources and Rural Development, Ms Patricia Smon-Hart said this during the commissioning of the Ataba water pumping station in Andoni Local Government Area of the state.
Ms Simon-Hart said that the vision of the government is to provide potable and affordable drinking water for all communities in the state, stressing that the Ataba water project would help to check water-borne diseases in the area.
“What we have here isn’t just “pumping station, it is the future of rural water prorgamme in Rivers State, the Niger Delta region and indeed the nation as a whole and as such shall rightly be a model in rural water development” she said.
The commissioner also stressed the need for intervention and development agencies to review their policies and apply sustainable solutions that will improve the quality of life and hygiene of the people.
Ms Simon-Hart also said that the water scheme will provide an additional 50,000 gallons of potable and treated water to the community.
She further stressed the need for hand washing, which, she said is a key to good health.
The chairman of Andoni Local Government Area Hon. Orom Nte Ereferokuma thanked the government for the project and assured of the council’s readiness to support the hand washing campaign in the area.
Also speaking, the member representing Andoni in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Ikuinyi Owaji Ibani described the project as a welcome development.