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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   EL-Rufai alerts Abuja about water shortage Monday, October 18, 2004 ABUJA—Minister of the FCT, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has alerted residents of the city and its environs to prepare for acute water shortages from mid-2005. El-Rufai announced this at the weekend in Abuja, citing “the influx of people to the city”. He said that whereas the volume of water in the FCT was planned for just 650,000 people, some two million people currently depended on it. According to the minister, “people should not blame the ministry for the acute shortage, as the past administrations in the city never planned for such huge influx of people”.  The shortages might last for six months between June and December 2005, during which the ministry would work to expand the water scheme, he said. El-Rufai announced that his ministry was currently drawing the design for the expansion of the FCT water scheme. He said: “After due approval, work will start in earnest, to cushion the effects the shortages will have on the citizenry. “Part of the measures to cushion the effects would be to complete the Gurara dam, which will complement the new water scheme,” he added. In another development in Abuja, hoodlums have cut the NITEL optic fiber cables linking its new corporate headquarters at the Central Business District in Abuja. Though the estimated cost of the cables totaling over a kilometre in length is yet to be ascertained, NITEL management said it suspected a sabotage. NITEL in a statement in Abuja said the act was first noticed on Friday through an alarm in the transmission room of the Wuse Exchange. It said security operatives had been alerted with the hope that the culprits would be tracked down. The statement said: “NITEL management appeals to the public to help protect all NITEL installations and to report any suspected moves to the nearest NITEL office or law enforcement agencies. “We appeal to our numerous customers and the public to bear the short interruption, pending the restoration of full services soon.”   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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