– Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the long awaited 150 million liters per day Zaria water project in Kaduna State
– Osinbajo was represented by All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Chief John Oyegun.
– The project was initiated by former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, in 2008 while serving as governor of the state
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday inaugurated the long awaited 150 million liters per day multi-billion Naira Zaria water project in Kaduna State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that present at the event was former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, who initiated the project in 2008 while serving as governor of the state.
The first part of the project inaugurated by Osinbajo would supply water to Zaria and Sabongari Local Government Areas.
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo inaugurates 150 million liters per day multi-billion Naira Zaria water project in Kaduna State.
NAN reports that, when fully completed, the Zaria water supply project would also be extended to Giwa, Kudan, Makarfi, Soba and Kubau local government areas.
To facilitate the project, the Federal Government constructed the Galma dam which has 186.1 million cubic metres of water to provide raw water to Zaria water treatment plant.
The state government also secured
Osinbajo, who was represented by the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun, described El-Rufa’i as one of the most visionary governors the party had produced.
“I am glad on behalf of the party, it took an APC governor just two years to complete a project that has been in slumber for over 16 solid years.
“I want to specially thank our host, the governor of Kaduna State, this is one of the showcase examples of what an APC government is all about,” he said.
In a previous report by ZENITHBLOG.com, Osinbajo on earlier today, left Nigeria for the ongoing G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily in Italy.
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The special assistant to the acting president Laolu Akande while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Saturday morning said Osinbajo was invited to the summit to represent Nigeria.
Akande said the president will return to Nigeria later in the evening today.
You can also watch this ZENITHBLOG.com video of #Biafra50 lecture with Professor Osinbajo and former president Olusegun Obasanjo:
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