Nyoligu discovers underground water

Nyoligu (Northern Region) 16 July '99

The discovery of high yielding underground water at Nyoligu in the Savelugu-Nanton district by a team of engineers scouting for a suitable site for a borehole has set the people agog with joy.

To this farming community and its surrounding villages, the discovery is a big relief; having suffered for decades from perennial water shortage with its attendant problem of guineaworm and other water borne diseases.

The people expression their joy by drumming and dancing all day on receiving the news that a big reservoir of underground water has been hit.

The underground water to be mechanised for distribution to a number of communities in the district is part of a one billion-cedi project being financed by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Vision International (WVI), The District Assembly and the beneficiary communities.

Mr Patrick Apoya, Northern Regional Co-ordinator of the Guineaworm Eradication Programme, told the GNA at Nyoligu that UNICEF is contributing 250,000 dollars, WVI 111,300 dollars. The District Assembly and the communities are contributing 10 and five per cent respectively of the total cost.

UNICEF's contribution will cover the construction of the pumping station, transmission pipelines, the erection of an overhead storage tank, procurement of two submersible pumps and training in capacity building on community management for a constituted water management board.