
The Nigerian government has approved the award of a $470 million contract for the greater Abuja Water Supply Project to provide water for residents of the Nigerian federal capital.The Federal Executive Council approved the contact at its meeting presided over by the Acting President,Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,Mohammed Bello,who briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of the meeting,said the Greater Abuja Water Supply Project,which was one of the three memoranda his ministry presented at the meeting,was aimed at providing potable water supply to greater part of the Abuja.''This project,which is being funded by the China EXIM Bank,is to provide water to what we call loops 1,2,5 and 6,''Bello said,explaining that the overall master plan for Abuja has 10 loops out which looks which ''loops 3 and 4 are already operational,providing water to Garki,Asokoro and the Central Business District''.
He said the project would leverage on the Lower Usuma Water Treatment Dam and the Wupa Water Treatment Plant in Abuja,which is reputed to be one of the largest in Africa''.
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