{"id":30341,"date":"2014-08-18T17:57:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30341"},"modified":"2014-08-18T17:57:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:57:23","slug":"cross-river-chinese-firm-sign-n2-6-million-ogoja-water-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/cross-river-chinese-firm-sign-n2-6-million-ogoja-water-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross River, Chinese Firm Sign N2.6 Million Ogoja Water Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Few months after commissioning the N5.3 billion Ikom Water Scheme, the Cross River State Government has signed a N2.6 Million contract agreement for the construction of Ogoja Water scheme with a Chinese firm CGC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">The project is expected to be completed in 18 months.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Once completed, the project will increase access to potable water in the state to about 80 percent.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">The state Commissioner for Water Resources, Engr.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Etowa Elemi signed on behalf of the state while the Managing Director of CGC<span>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Nigeria Limited Mr. Ye Sejiun signed on behalf of the company.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Governor Liyel Imoke said the<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Provision of potable water and access to water has been on the top of our agenda as an administration. It is our vision that if we can deliver on our projects to the people across the state, then we would achieve the vision of making life easier and reducing poverty while improving on overall well-being of the citizenry.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Imoke disclosed that the World Bank assisted Calabar water scheme has become a benchmark for ppp projects and projects of this nature not only in the country but in the West African sub region and that the state was proud to partner it to ensure millions of Nigerians have access to water.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">The governor said the phase one of the Ikom water scheme valued at N5.3billion was\u00a0funded by the<span>\u00a0<\/span>state while its second phase will be funded by World Bank<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">He explained that the water project will cover not just Ogoja \u00a0but Bekwara\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span>and Yala Local<span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Government Areas as well.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">According to him ,the project will be constructed for sustainability and will be managed under PPP to address the challenges involved in delivering water\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span>to enable the benefitting communities be fully on board in tandem with what urban area dwellers enjoy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Imoke therefore appealed to the benefitting communities to understand the importance of the\u00a0project and\u00a0cooperate\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span>with the contractor to enable them enjoy the benefit\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span>from it as government is prepared to play its role.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">The Managing Director of CGC Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ye Sejiun, who said the company was born in Nigeria 31 years ago, commended the state government for giving it the opportunity to exhibit its expertise in the construction of water related projects.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Few months after commissioning the N5.3 billion Ikom Water Scheme, the Cross River State Government has signed a N2.6 Million contract agreement for the construction of Ogoja Water scheme&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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