{"id":5074,"date":"2020-04-05T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=5074"},"modified":"2020-04-05T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T22:07:00","slug":"irrigation-boat-ferries-zulum-to-28-lake-alau-communities-assesses-750-resettlement-houses-in-kawuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=5074","title":{"rendered":"Irrigation: Boat Ferries Zulum to 28 Lake Alau Communities\u00a0   &#8230; Assesses 750 Resettlement Houses in Kawuri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Irrigation: Boat ferries Zulum to 28 Lake Alau communities\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>&#8230; Assesses 750 resettlement houses in Kawuri<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday ferried across Lake Alau to visit 28 communities on the shores of the Lake, which were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgents.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5076\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_28695-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_28695-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_28695-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_28695.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The Governor was ferried by a combat boat provided by the Nigerian military which has Naval, Army and Air force components involved in fighting boko haram in Borno state.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Zulum\u2019s trip to the agrarian communities was to explore how irrigation activities can be restored in other to create livelihoods for settlers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5077\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_45221-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_45221-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_45221-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_45221.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>\u201dWe are purposely here to look into ways we can bring back irrigation activities along the shores of this lake Alau. As we know, 28 communities were displaced and we will look into the possibility of resettling our brothers and sisters. The military is very committed, we will liaise with them to ensure sustained security of lives and property\u201d the Governor said during the visit.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Before ferrying across the Lake, the <\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5078\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_14527-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_14527-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_14527-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_14527.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Governor was at water pumping station at Alau to inspect maintenance works and equipment. He was also at Maiduguri water treatment plant to see turn around maintenance carried out by the Borno state ministry of water resources.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5079\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_58879-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_58879-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_58879-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_58879.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Zulum said he was delighted by the quality of work undertaken by the management and staff of the ministry of water resources.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>\u201cI am happy with what I have seen here, you have done a very good job. Sustainable, portable water remains critical to our administration, we must do everything for our people to continually supply clean water to citizens. However, this can only happen when we keep working day and night and with all sense of commitment\u201d Zulum said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Maintenance works in the pumping station and the water treatment plan were directed by Governor Zulum in June last year, during an assessment visit. He had ordered complete overhaul of the plant.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Meanwhile, Governor Zulum was in Kawuri town of Konduga Local Government Area where he assessed ongoing construction <\/strong><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5081\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_10958-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_10958-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_10958-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200405_10958.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>of 750 houses towards the resettlement of displaced residents of the village.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The Governor had last year, promised the completion of the houses by mid this year.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irrigation: Boat ferries Zulum to 28 Lake Alau communities\u00a0 &#8230; Assesses 750 resettlement houses in Kawuri Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday ferried across Lake Alau to visit 28 communities on the shores of the Lake, which were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgents.\u00a0 The Governor was ferried by a combat boat provided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Irrigation: Boat Ferries Zulum to 28 Lake Alau Communities\u00a0  ... 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