Oferekpe Water Scheme
Value appreciates in scarcity. For water, it takes only some moments of absence to introduce dehydration, a situation that is better explained through experience.
In 9 years, a source of clean and portable water for Ebonyi people slept in the deep. The more lifeless it lay, the more Ebonyi people craved the value of their million-dollar project.
In truth, it will take a Divine financier to pull off such magnificence as Oferekpe Water scheme, today. In today’s interesting economy, a glance into the depth of funds sunk into that project by the administration of His Excellency, Martin N. Elechi, will send shivers.
And so, it is a thing of thunderous applause that the present administration of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has seen a dire need to reawaken life out of its deepest depth, for in truth, water is life.
Yours truly was at the scheme at the invitation of the Chairman of the Committee (Prince John Nwamgbo – SA to the Governor on Mining Development), saddled with the responsibility of revitalizing the water facility. I saw, I touched and I am here to let you know that the gigantic Oferekpe Water Scheme is back to life, pumping water.
Wielding a 100,000m3 per day production capacity, the mega water scheme can serve the entire Abakaliki and its environs comfortably.
© Leo Ekene Oketa
