Bauchi State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency RUWASSA in partnership with Water aid under Amarni Beauty Project has trained sixty people on borehole repairs and installation in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area.
Speaking during the training, the General Manager Bauchi State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency RUWASSA, represented by Bello Abubakar disclosed that the training program is to equip the participants with the technical skills on how to improve access to portable water supply for their maximum benefit.
The General Manager assured government readiness to ensure adequate water supply to the citizens of the state.
Also speaking, the facilitators of the project, the Assistant General Manager of RUWASSA, Alhaji Ibrahim Babagana and Engineer Lumi Jonathan, said the aim of the training is to enable the trainees have practical knowledge of borehole services for emergency repairs to address issues of water scarcity in the area.
According to them, the sixty participants were selected from thirty communities of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area for the growth and development of their people.
In his remarks, the representative of water aid, Ela Williams maintained that the training program, would serve as a panacea to the economic growth of the affected communities and urged the participants to make judicious use of the facilities given to them to achieve the set target.
The working equipments distributed to the participants include; helmets, rain boots, hand gloves, spanners among others.
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