Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has attributed the lack of water supply in Abuja City Centre and several satellite towns to ongoing rehabilitation works at two of the four water treatment plants serving the area.
According to a statement released on Sunday by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, water supply will be rationed for the next two weeks.
He explained it is due to the temporary shutdown of two treatment plants for rehabilitation, while the remaining two continue operations.
Wike appealed for patience from residents, assuring them that the ongoing rehabilitation is aimed at improving service delivery and will be completed within two weeks.
To ease the impact during the Sallah celebration, the Minister said the two treatment plants undergoing repairs will be temporarily activated to provide water during the festive period.
Explaining the situation, Wike stated,” The FCT Water Board operates four water treatment plants of 30,000m3/hour, which are divided into Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4.
“As a result of the inefficiency of the plants, which are currently producing below their installed capacity, the contract was awarded for their rehabilitation to Messrs SCC Nigeria Limited.