{"id":161576,"date":"2025-05-07T12:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:39:53","slug":"kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Kano gov\u2019t blames Ganduje administration for deepening water crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kano State Government has blamed the persistent water shortage in the state on what it describes as years of neglect and mismanagement by the immediate past administration of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.<\/p>\n<p>The State Commissioner for Water Resources, Haruna Doguwa, made the disclosure during an inspection tour of key water facilities across the state, where he revealed that several major projects were either vandalized or abandoned under the previous government, plunging millions of residents into prolonged water scarcity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese facilities were once the backbone of water supply in Kano, but they were left to deteriorate. The cost of fixing the damage now runs into millions of dollars,\u201d Doguwa said.<\/p>\n<p>Among the affected facilities is the historic Kano Old Water Works, built in 1930, which had a daily production capacity of 20 million litres before it was reportedly vandalized in 2016. The destruction of the plant, according to Doguwa, has dealt a significant blow to the state\u2019s ability to meet its water needs. The commissioner estimated the cost of damages at $3.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>He also cited the Challawa and Intel 6 Water Works\u2014both constructed under the administration of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso\u2014as major assets that were abandoned and stripped of critical equipment during Ganduje\u2019s tenure. Each facility was designed to produce 350 million litres of water per day, together supplying nearly all of Kano\u2019s water demand at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2016, 12 kilometres of pipes from the Kano River to the treatment plant were removed, raw water pumps were stolen, and the control room was destroyed,\u201d Doguwa added. \u201cSome of the pumps stolen from Intel 6 were worth over N500 million each.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Kano State requires approximately 700 million litres of potable water daily but can only provide 300 million litres, resulting in a deficit of 400 million litres. Doguwa noted that efforts are ongoing to revive other treatment plants, including the Wudil and Joda facilities, which, when fully operational, are expected to boost supply to 500 million litres\u2014still 200 million litres short of total demand.<\/p>\n<p>The Managing Director of the Kano State Water Board, Garba Ahmed, corroborated Doguwa\u2019s claims, adding that infrastructure damage has severely affected water delivery in high-density areas such as Dorayi, Kofar Pompo, Kabuga, Rijiyar Zaki, Janguza, BUK, and Goron Dutse.<\/p>\n<p>He urged residents to remain patient as the government works to restore services, while also calling for community vigilance to prevent future vandalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kano State Government has blamed the persistent water shortage in the state on what it describes as years of neglect and mismanagement by the immediate past administration of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The State Commissioner for Water Resources, Haruna Doguwa, made the disclosure during an inspection tour of key water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":161575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13616,254,656],"class_list":["post-161576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kano-govt","tag-nigeria","tag-water"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kano gov\u2019t blames Ganduje administration for deepening water crisis - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kano State Government has blamed the persistent water shortage in the state on what it describes as years of neglect ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kano gov\u2019t blames Ganduje administration for deepening water crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kano State Government has blamed the persistent water shortage in the state on what it describes as years of neglect ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-07T11:36:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-07T12:39:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746609021.271475.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"575\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kano gov\u2019t blames Ganduje administration for deepening water crisis\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-07T11:36:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-07T12:39:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis\"},\"wordCount\":414,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746609021.271475.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kano govt\",\"Nigeria\",\"Water\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-blames-ganduje-administration-for-deepening-water-crisis\",\"name\":\"Kano gov\u2019t blames Ganduje administration for deepening water crisis - 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