Gombe NYSC to spend N1.7m on potable water

By Auwal Ahmad

Gombe

Non-availability of potable water at the Gombe orientation camp is to force the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in the state to spend about N1.7million on the commodity.
State coordinator, David Pwanidi Markson, disclosed this yesterday during official swearing in of Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members deployed to the state.
He said that the greatest challenge in the camp is water supply, “I learnt that in the past, they tried to sink a borehole here, but it was not possible because the water level is too low. So as of now, every day we buy eight tankers of water. They come into the camp to supply water.”
Markson said that the eight tankers of water satisfied their daily use but normally augment from the reservoir dedicated to the kitchen in the event of inadequacy.
He said they also spent money on diesel daily to run their generators anytime there is programme, but that the Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) company had promised to fix the problem.
On the problem at the camp clinic, Markson said a consultant had been invited from the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) to the clinic where minor cases were handled and the major ones referred to the FTH since NYSC in Gombe state has a partnership with them.
He nevertheless urged the corps members to bear the three-week orientation exercise and not to expect the luxuries of their homes at the camp.
The state governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, who was represented by his deputy, Charles Ya’u Iliya, advised them to strive to be ambassadors of their various homes, institutions and states of origin.

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