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 MR Victor Ekpo, Managing Director, Cross River Water Board, has said that residents of Calabar will start enjoying 24 hours uninterrupted public water supply from next week.

Ekpo spoke during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Monday.

He said that already, parts of the capital city had started enjoying public water supply.

Ekpo said that what was delaying the total coverage was damage to pipes by a company laying optic fibre cables across the city.

According to him, about 80 per cent of the capital city, Calabar, will enjoy 24 hours uninterrupted water supply from the water board.

Ekpo explained that the reason why the board had refused to pump out water was to avoid flooding the city.

“As we speak, we have begun supplying some parts and our plan for total coverage is being delayed by our cables that were destroyed by those laying cables.

“We have arrived at an agreement and the companies have already started the replacement of some of these pipes,” he said.

Speaking further, the Managing Director said water supply from other sub-stations in the state would be delayed because of some contingencies.

Ekpo however said that the board had started pumping out water to some residents of Ogoja, in Ogoja Local Government Area of the state.

“We are working hard at sorting out these issues and I can assure that soonest, we will have our people smile again,” he said.

Ekpo appealed to customers indebted to the water board to settle their bills for them to enjoy the improved service.

It would be recalled that Ekpo recently cried out that N1.2 billion debts being owed the water board by customers had affected its service delivery to the people.

He had stated that the debts which covered the period of January 2020 to March 2021 had made it impossible to replace broken down pipes.

Ekpo added that it made it impossible to fix the generating sets and buy chemicals for water treatment. (NAN)

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