The Sokoto state government has clarified that the sum of N1.2 billion was spent on drilling not renovating solar powered boreholes as reported earlier.
While paying a thank-you visit to Wurno local government area, Governor Ahmed Aliyu was earlier reported to have said N1.2 billion was spent on renovating 25 boreholes in the area.
However, clarifying the issue in a statement, Abubakar Bawa, the governor’s spokesman, explained: “The attention of the Sokoto State Government has been drawn to a misconception being circulated about its interventions in providing potable drinking water to the rural dwellers through sinking of boreholes across the state.
In the misconception, which the enemies of progress are spreading, it was said the Sokoto State Government spent N1.2 billion to renovate boreholes in some areas of Wurno Local Government.
The fact of the matter is that the state government, in collaboration with the World Bank, under the ACReSAL programme drilled 25 boreholes domiciled in Munki, Marnona, Dinawa, Lugu and Wurno, perimeter fencing as well as a 40-kilometer shelter belt, all at the cost of N 1.2 billion.
As against the insinuation that it was the renovation of the 25 boreholes that gulped N 1.2 billion, the fact is that, it is actually the drilling of 25 nos solar-powered boreholes and other projects that gulped the said amount and not the renovation. [SWIPE]
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