Community celebrates first ever water well

Adamawa Community celebrates first ever water well

Published:July 23,2013

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Residents of the community had been getting their water supply from ponds.

Ibrahim Abdul’aziz

The residents of Palam in Shuwa area of Madagali Local Government in Adamawa State now have their first major source of water, a well.

Ponds and small-scale irrigation reservoirs, situated several kilometres from where the residents of the community live, have been the main sources of drinking water for the community.

The residents, though entitled to better quality and clean water provided by the government, were grateful that after decades of trekking long distances to get water to drink, a well had been sunk in their community.

They commended the Shuwa Development Area administration for sinking the well and rehabilitating the washed away portion of the road that links the community to other villages.

A cross section of the people who spoke on Monday at the inauguration of a culvert linking the area that was destroyed by recent flood expressed happiness at the development.

“We have suffered because of the destroyed road but now things have changed for the better,” a resident, Yahaya Ahmadu, said.

“For decades we don’t have well, nor boreholes; we trek for kilometres to fetch water from ponds where our domestic animals drink.

“We want to thank the Administrator of Shuwa Development Area for his prompt response in rehabilitating our affected road and culvert,” Mr. Ahmadu said.

Another resident, Joy Ibrahim, while expressing joy over the road rehabilitation said that transportation has been made easy for them.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the well and the road on Monday, the Administrator of Shuwa Development Area, Sule Duhu, said his administration would continue to remain committed in discharging its responsibility to the people.

Mr. Duhu lauded the contribution of the community in providing free labour particularly for the culvert project.

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