By Ahmed Ahmed
Ambassador to Germany Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has on Thursday commissioned boreholes to ease the water needs of Kari Kachaf and Garin Makau communities in Gamawa local government area of Bauchi state.
Tuggar also donated food items for women and children in the two communities to cushion the effects of poverty on residents.
Speaking shortly after commissioning the boreholes in the communities Tuggar explained that the gesture was to ameliorate the suffering of the beneficiary communities.
He expressed worries that several communities in the country lacked access to drinking water.
Ambassador Tuggar argued that lack of autonomy of the Local Government as a Third Tier of government has compounded the problems of many rural communities.
Yusuf Tuggar an APC Chieftain has twice run for Governor of Bauchi State, observed that council chairmen and local government administrators were no longer answerable to the people of the grassroots but to governors who appoint them.
“The local Government administrators can do whatever they wish and not the wish to the people of the grassroots
“The administrators cannot challenge the governor of the state nor present and address the challenges affecting communities in order to address them
There was excitement and joy in as Ambassador Tuggar commissioned boreholes to ease the water needs of residents.Kari Kachal and Garin Makau Communities, with total populations of 1750 adults and 2850 children and 1600 adults and 2780 children respectively had suffered from lack of portable water for decades.
A resident, Kari Kachaf Mal Yau Mohammed, said before the coming of the boreholes, they suffered for many years and had to go to other communities in search of water.
“We used to trek up to 10 kilometers to search for water from Karin Kachaf.
“The wells in our communities are as deep as 15 5o 30 feets.
“We really suffered for years because we spent almost the entire day in search of water” he said
Bulama Abdullahi, Community leader expressed gratitude to Ambassador Tuggar for the gesture saying that has solved a major problem in the community.
Halima Adamu, a housewife, recounted that she and her children spent valuable time in search of water saying it was a huge challenge on hygiene and sanitation.
She was elated that the coming of the borehole will ease their sufferings.