Over 30 per cent of the boreholes sunk in various rural communities in the FCT are not functional, due to main challenge of vandalism and theft, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) reveals.
Dr Mohammed Dan-Hassan, the Executive Director of RUWASSA, disclosed this in Abuja over the weekend. While speaking during the closing ceremony of a five-day training exercise for artisans in FCT rural communities on maintenance and management of boreholes in their communities, Dan-Hassan noted that there are over 1,000 boreholes that are not working in the territory. He listed those in this category to included manual, electrical-powered, and solar-powered boreholes. He said the training was organized to build the skills of the participants, so that they can repair broken down boreholes in their communities and for them to know the supply chain of borehole spare parts.
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