By Timothy Nwobodo

The Enugu State Commissioner for Water Resources, Felix Nnamani has promised to provide water to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) as part of the 2024 budget.

Honourable Nnamani who stated this in an exclusive interview with ESUT Monitor stressed the commitment of the State Government to achieve the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) number six goal through availability of water to the University community and the people of Agbani.

“Our intention is that we’re going to, as already captured in our budget for next year 2024, that we will refurbish all the water facilities across all the 476 communities in Enugu State. So if that project is revitalized, it will serve conveniently.

“We will also engage our geologists to come to the campus and check the volume of water we can get there, we can sink boreholes in the campus in favor of my alma mater,. We’ll do that, there is nothing we can do to make lives better for our young people that we would not do, it’s our ambition, what’s the essence of being here if my alma mater doesn’t have water” he said.

However, he maintained that ESUT is in Agbani, which is a semi-urban area and therefore, it is the responsibility of the Enugu State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (EN-RUWASSA) to provide water for Agbani and the entire 476 communities in Enugu State, as captured in the 2024 budget.

He also lamented the poor maintenance culture of Enugu people and enjoined Ndị Enugu to see government facilities as their own.

“There is a government water facility that is sited in Amodu, that water facility is supposed to serve the whole of Agbani but it is totally vandalized, overtaken by the weeds. During inspection, we were able to take inventory of that, and that’s why we’re doing sensitization. The era that government provides facilities and people ignore it has passed. What we’re asking our people is to own every project that is sited within their domain, if you own it, you protect it. If it spoils to a level that you cannot maintain it, you report back to us so we can bring in expertise that will help and do it”. He maintained.