The Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Lere, who disclosed this to journalists after the weekly State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, said the project was awarded to two construction firms.
He stated that the contracts include rehabilitation and replacement of some of the old pipes, construction of 7.3 kilometre transmission lines, construction of 10 reservoirs of six million litres each, construction of three bolster stations, among other projects.
He further explained that the water project, when completed, is expected to deliver about 150 million litres of water daily to Zaria and neighboring semi-urban areas.
According to him, the project is intended to alleviate and address the issue of perennial shortage of water for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes within the area.
The Zaria water project which commenced in 1999, has gulped more than 15 billion Naira so far, but the present administration says it is determined to complete the project within the shortest possible time.
Also during the meeting, the Council approved the sum of 900 million Naira for the procurement of 109 Toyota patrol vehicles for the various security agencies in the state.
The Commissioner for Finance, Suleiman Kwari, disclosed that the money was sourced from Zenith Bank as loan, and will be repaid within 42 months with an interest rate of 30 million naira.
The Commissioner explained that the procurement of the vehicles is to support security agencies in the fight against crime in the state.
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