A contract for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Nasarawa Town Water Supply Scheme worth N2.4billion has been signed between the Nasarawa State Government and Messrs Sarplast (West Africa) Limited.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, the State Commissioner for Water Resources and Rural Development, Abdullahi Yakubu Ugah, said the award of the contract became imperative due to the subsisting water problem in Nasarawa town. He said it was lamentable that Nasarawa town had been without pipe-borne water for the past 25years, regretting that the solution had escaped the attention past Administrations in the State. According to the Commissioner, the gesture to holistically address the problem of water supply in Nasarawa town is in consonance with the policy thrust of Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma’s Administration, as enshrined in the 13-Point Agenda, which places high premium on the provision of potable water supply as a basic necessity of life. He therefore admonished the contractor, Messrs Sarplast (W.A.) Ltd to ensure that they carried out the contract to schedule and specifications.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Alhaji Ali-Kumo, said that the company was an indigenous firm of water engineers who are resolved to operate according to international standards. He said the company had made it a challenge to ensure that they gave the best to the Nasarawa State Government, conscious of the fact that the impressions they gave of this contract will determine the confidence the State Government will have on it and other indigenous contractors. Alhaji Kumo pledged to complete the project before the specified period of 24months.

The contract for the Nasarawa town water works, when completed, will increase the volume of potable water supplied to Nasarawa town from the present capacity of 2.3 million litres to 13.5 million litres per day.

It will be recalled that the Nasarawa State Government recently awarded contracts worth N1.2billion for the rehabilitation of water works in other major towns across the State.