Nkum councillors prioritise water supply for 2015

Councillors of Nkum Council in Bui Division of the Northwest Region have voted the Tatum Water supply as priority project for the 2015 fiscal year.

The Councillors took the decision recently during a budgetary session where adopted a budget over FCFA 500 million.

According to the Mayor of Nkum, Suila Aruna Kidze, the completion of the Tatum Water project is uppermost. The Water Project, he went on, was initially sponsored by the Local Council Support Fund, FEICOM.

Unfortunately, the contractor later abandoned the project after having a huge chunk of his bills paid.

The Councillors on their part authorised the Mayor to raise FCFA 21 million to complete the Water project. The Councillors also endorsed the project to revamp, create and train Water Management Committees in all the villages in the municipality in a bid to ensure sustainable management of water.

Other projects to be executed in 2015 include the construction of a Communication Centre, the construction of a Tatum Food Market and Motor Park, the demarcation of Council land and the lighting of Tatum Market Square by solar energy to fight the growing insecurity.

The Mayor, on the occasion welcomed the new Gendarmerie Brigade Commander for Nkum, Issa Azibe, and lauded Government for the peace and security that reigns in the municipality.

Bui First Assistant Senior Divisional Officer, Dr. Mohammadou, who supervised the deliberations, said a good guide to any budget is the actual collection and expenditure realised during the previous year.

He urged the Councillors to be innovative in order to generate more revenue for the Council for its developmental purposes.