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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Daily Independent Online.         * Friday, August 13, 2004. FG donates 500 hand pumps to Niger By Chinwendu Nnadozie, Special Correspondent, Minna   Minister of Water Resources, Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, has handed over to the Niger State Government about 500 hand pumps as part of the Federal Government contribution to the provision of potable water to people of the state. Presenting the pumps at the Government House, Minna, last Thursday, Shagari also disclosed that the Federal Government has budgeted N470 million to ensure that potable water got to the most remote part of the state. The gesture, according to him, is in line with government resolve to provide social amenities to larger number of electorates who reside in rural areas across the country. The Federal Government, he said, have invested hugely in the infrastructural development of Niger State especially in the water resources sub-sector. Two out of the three dams in the state namely; Tungan-Kawo and Swashi are part of the Federal Government completed projects, he said, adding that more funds would be made available towards the completion of the Kagara Dam, which has been abandoned since 1981. He advised Governor Abdullahi Kure to intensify efforts in lobbying the National Assembly for timely provision of funds to aid completion of the Kagara Dam next year. The Obasanjo administration, he explained, has no intention of living any projects uncompleted, pointing out that part of its resolve was to ensure completion of projects, which have reached about 50 per cent ratio across the country and called for cooperation and support to enable the Federal Government achieve its set objectives. Responding, Governor Kure commended efforts of the Federal Government to provide social amenities to the citizenry. He, however, suggested that the Federal Government hands off the Tungan-Kawo and Swashi dams for a more effective management by the state government.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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