Kaduna pledges N93bn to revamp water system in four years

The Kaduna state government has committed to spending N93 billion over the next four years to revamp its water infrastructure.

At a press briefing on Tuesday, Ibrahim Hamza, the state’s commissioner for public works and infrastructure, said the rehabilitation will be in four phases.

He said the government will invest N17 billion this year, adding that N35 billion will be invested in 2025.

The commissioner said M30 billion will be invested in 2026 and N11 billion in 2027.

He noted that Uba Sani, the state governor, had directed the payment of N800 million in outstanding salaries and wages to staff of the Kaduna State Water Corporation (KADSWAC).

Hamza said that the staff of KADSWAC will be put back on the state’s payroll until 2027, when the corporation must have fully stabilised to run as a commercial entity.

‘’The corporation will collaborate with local governments to maintain generators operations. It will strengthen existing water laws to support corporate employment policy,’’ the commissioner said.

Hamza claimed that the ‘”previous administrations invested $50 million into the urban water supply scheme in the last 10 years with no result.’’