FCT Residents Decry State Of Infrastructure In Rural Communities

Some stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have lamented the deplorable state of infrastructure in rural communities within the territory, saying they had been neglected by past and present governments.

They disclosed their feeling at a town hall meeting organised by Hipcity Innovations Centre in Bwari area council to know the plight of the indigenous people and draw the government’s attention to them.

The chiefdom monitor of Sarkin Bwari Palace, Mr. Hamza Abubakar, said the state of the LEA Primary School in the council was completely bad, as the roofs and ceilings were pulling off, just as the town clinic was getting worse.

“The schools and clinic need government attention. There are areas in Bwari that lack potable water and their boreholes are bad. For example, Igu and Kawu villages lack water supply and they depend on dirty stream water for domestic use. They seriously need government attention,” he said.

The chiefdom coordinator of Bwari area council, Mr. Awoyi Bwari, lamented that the feeder roads in the communities were in deplorable state, saying the communities cannot access the water supply from the Usman Dam because they were told they were not connected to the water supply from there.

Earlier, the programs officer of Hipcity Innovations Centre, Ms. Dorcas Edet, said  the organization had organised town hall meetings at Kuje, Kwali, Gwagwalada and Abaji, and they decided to take it to Bwari because of the complaints from the indigenous people.