By Aminu Shehu.
The Citizens Free Service Forum (CFSF) has observed that the Water Resources Engineering Construction Agency (WRECA), Kano State is indeed set to once more reclaim it’s rightful place in the Public Water Resources Engineering Corporate stage.
This observation was made during a scheduled courtesy visit the CFSF paid to the Managing Director, WRECA, Engineer Nura Jafar Shanono and his energetic team at the Headquarters, Goron Dutse, Kano.
The meeting was timely and beneficial as matters of common concern were discussed and practical gateway solutions identified and put forward.
The solutions, as the CFSF Executive Director, Comrade Sani Baba, stated “lie in the International, Regional and Local Partnerships and Collaborations by WRECA as means to regeneration rebirth”.
He added that, “We as an NGO, with expertise on the world of water, it’s politics and gambits, are ready to partner and collaborate, expose and market WRECA to the World Water Platform. WRECA has done it before and as I can see, is looking hungry to replicate”.
He further stated, that “Fortunately for us, WRECA is a Public Water Engineering Agency and the CFSF is an apologist and agent for the promotion of Public-Public Partnerships model of managing Public assets and utilities.
Many doors for funding, grants, training, technology transfer, expertise exchange, etc, shall open”, Comrade Baba said.
Examples of countries with fantastic achievements with the PUPs model were mentioned. They include Uganda, Cameroon, Ghana, Tanzania and France. Empirical evidence was given on this by the ED, being a player himself.
“Ironically, this PUPs model is similar to what WRECA was doing too well in the past. Indeed, the current WRECA is ideal and ripe for the World renewed Water PUPs Project”, he further explained.
The WRECA Managing Director, Engineer Nura Jafar Shanono, in his statement, said, WRECA appreciates having you people here and hope it marks the beginning of a fruitful network of beneficial relationship between WRECA and the CFSF.
I and my team are saddled with the responsibility of practically bringing back WRECA in every sense of the word but of course, with the full backing of the untiring and people focused Governor of Kano State, His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf”.
The MD added, that, “Water is a Right and has no substitute. We must, therefore, work to achieve this onerous and herculean but achievable goal”
Members of both WRECA and the CFSF present at the meeting spontaneously went into a very beneficial discussion session, with questions asked and answers provided.
All agreed that WRECA MUST replicate and that the two Organisations should partner and collaborate, subject to endorsement from above.
Subsequent meetings are expected to be held soon.
