L-R FCT Minister, Barr Nyesom Wike, Vice President Kashim Shettima Minister of State FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, during the commissioning of landmark Water Supply Network to Karu Satellite Town on Monday
FCTA PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT
TINUBU COMMISSIONS HISTORIC KARU WATER SUPPLY NETWORK IN THE FCT
...Says Era of Neglect of Satellite Towns is Over
His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR has officially
commissioned the massive satellite town water supply
network designed to channel safe, treated, potable water directly to
the doorsteps of rural communities across Karu, Orozo, Jikwoyi, Kurudu,
and adjacent neighborhoods in the Federal Capital Territory.
Speaking during the commissioning ceremony held in the Kurudu community
along the Karu-Karshi road on Monday, June 22, 2026, President Tinubu, who
was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, described access to
clean water as a core human right that had eluded the booming population of Karu and neighbouring
communities for decades.
He said the current administration, with the delivery of clean and
potable drinking water to Karu and other sattelite towns in the FCT, has
brought an end to the era of neglect for the basic infrastructure needs of the
communities in the periphery of the nation’s capital.
According to him, "Today, we declare that the era of neglect of our
satellite towns is officially over”.
Stressing that his administration's Renewed Hope Agenda is designed
to move governance out of city center boardrooms and into the daily realities
of ordinary citizens in the rural areas, President Tinubu revealed that he
issued a directive a year ago to the FCT Minister, during the launch of
the Greater Abuja Water Supply Project, to extend critical utility
loops beyond the city centre to the satellite.
"I said the metropolitan loops must not end in the elite
districts. They must expand into our satellite towns where the heartbeat of
Abuja’s working-class population truly resides. Today, we are here not just to
cut a ribbon, but to breathe life into a fundamental human right that has
eluded this bustling community for far too long. We declare that the era of
neglect of our satellite towns is officially over." President Tinubu
stated.
He praised the swift execution of the project, which beat its
official schedule due to the elimination of traditional bureaucratic funding
delays and commended FCT Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike for
displaying exceptional executive capacity.
To ensure that the project serves the communities in the satellite
towns, President Tinubu urged residents residents to take total ownership
of the network by reporting illegal connections and protecting the pipelines
from vandalism.
Speaking earlier, the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, CON,
revealed that the foundational Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the water
project was signed with contractors CGC Nigeria Limited during the President's
state visit to Beijing.
He said, thanks to prompt budgetary releases authorized by the
President, the extensive network was completed in less than twelve months,
noting that that the delivery of clean water has effectively elevated
Karu’s status to that of a modern city.
He also disclosed that the FCT Administration will soon return to
the area to flag off the comprehensive reconstruction of all internal roads
within Karu, while the Bwari Satellite Town water supply project
is also scheduled for formal commissioning next month, in July 2026.
In a brief political sidebar, Barr. Wike
congratulated President Tinubu on the All Progressives Congress
(APC)’s victory in Saturday’s by-election, while also
light-heartedly acknowledging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for
maintaining a competitive spirit as the leading opposition party.
Speaking on the socio-economic impact of the project, the FCT Minister
of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, described the network as a practical masterclass
in good governance. She noted that replacing unsafe local boreholes and
unregulated water vendors with clean municipal utility lines will immediately
improve public health, enhance sanitation, and ease the financial and physical
burdens historically borne by local families.
The Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr Richard Yunana Dauda, while providing a technical overview of the project, reiterated that the construction and expansion of water networks in Karu was in line with the Administration's mandate towards sustained development of Satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory. He said the project had established the secondary trunk pipeline network required to feed the tertiary distribution systems in Karu and other communities, utilizing the existing Karu Reservoir Tank as the source of potable water and extending to other areas such as Kurudu, Jikwoyi, and Orozo.
He stated that the scope of work involved extensive earthworks, precision excavations, and advanced thrust boring techniques, adding that the network features the supply and installation of 190 kilometers of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipelines, ranging from 63-millimeter local distribution lines to heavy-duty 630-millimeter main transmission lines. The Executive Secretary also disclosed that the modern network is fully integrated with specialized industrial fittings, including critical air-release, washout, and gate valves to regulate and secure the water flow.
Deputy Managing Director, CGC Nigeria Limited, Lv Haiming, who also
spoke at the event said the Karu Water Project was a demonstration of the
Minister's commitment to seeing that every resident of the FCT had access to
quality infrastructure and good public service, adding that "the Karu
Water Project is his demonstration of this commitment."
MORE PICTURES AND CAPTIONS
R-LMinister of State FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, Vice President Kashim Shettima, FCT Minister, Barr Nyesom Wike and other dignitaries at the commissioning of the completed Water Supply Network to Karu Satellite Town, in Abuja on Monday
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| Vice President Kashim Shettima (2nd right) flanked by the Minister of state, FCT , Dr Mariya Mahmoud (right), the FCT Minister, Barr Nyesom Wike (3rd right) and other dignitaries drinking from the taps of newly constructed Water Supply Network to Karu Satellite Town on Monday |
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PRESS
(OFFICE OF THE HON. MINISTER)
FCTA/ODP/PR/862
22/06/2026
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