President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Tuesday commissioned the Bwari Township Water Supply Network Project and declared that his administration will extend potable water to all satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as part of its Renewed Hope Agenda.
Represented by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu at the commissioning ceremony in Bwari, the president described access to clean water as a fundamental right and reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring that infrastructure development reaches every part of the nation’s capital.
“The Renewed Hope Agenda is not a slogan. It is a contract. It is a deliberate, calculated, and unyielding commitment to governance that works for the people,” Tinubu said.
He noted that previous administrations had concentrated development in Abuja’s city centre while satellite communities remained neglected, promising that his government had resolved to change the narrative.
“For too long, the narrative of Abuja has been a tale of two cities a glittering centre surrounded by underserved communities. We said no. That era is gone. Nigeria belongs to all of us, and development must be decentralised,” he stated.
Tinubu said the newly completed 198-kilometre water pipeline network, constructed by China Geo-engineering Construction (CGC) Limited, would provide potable water to Bwari, Ushafa and surrounding communities by linking them directly to the Lower Usuma Dam treated water source.
He recalled that after reviewing the proposal submitted by the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, he immediately approved the project to address years of dependence on untreated boreholes and streams.
“I gave him a direct order: ‘Go out there, mobilise the best, and fix it.’ Today, we are commissioning this massive, state-of-the-art 198-kilometre water pipeline network,” the president said.
He added that the project will improve public health by reducing waterborne diseases, eliminate the costly reliance on private boreholes and create new economic opportunities.
Tinubu stated that more than 1,600 direct and indirect jobs were created during the execution of the project.
Speaking earlier, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, stated that the project fulfilled President Tinubu’s directive that modern water infrastructure should be extended beyond Abuja’s city centre to satellite towns.
He said the Bwari project is the third major water intervention completed under the current administration after the rehabilitation of the Abuja city water system and the recently commissioned Karu satellite town water project.