Water scarcity hits Jos Metropolis

The Commissioner for Water Resources and Energy Plateau state Hon. David Jaafaru Wuyep has said water scarcity hits Jos the Plateau state capital forcing residents to source water from ponds and stream.

The commissioner assured Jos residence that the water scarcity will soon be a thing of the past, as government have embarked on measures to provide them with quality water.

He described the problem of acute water scarcity hitting some communities in the state capital as temporary setback which is cause by the activities of vandals and old pipelines that need to be replace with new ones.

Mr. Wuyep expressed shock that the challenges of getting supply of water in Plateau state and its environs is a re-occurrence decimal which have been cause as a result of infrastructure decay and poor management of resources from the past governments.

Wuyep cautioned citizens against vandalizing public pipeline and urged the residences of Jos to exercise patience and understanding because, government is affected from global dwindling oil price which is the major source of income to the state.

According to him, government introduced three alternative measures of partnership with the private/public sector to improve on other sources of generating revenue which is slow.

He said, we are calling on the good people of Plateau state to pay water bills which is little, so that they can get good service delivery, adding that Plateau state still have enough water to solve water problem.

Wuyep maintained that the obsolete equipment controlling water channels of some major main pipeline are broken completely and we are replacing them gradually.

Wuyep expressed dismayed over the activities of the immediate past regime especially in the mismanagement of water intervention project by sponsored by EU members state.