President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated a 198‑kilometer pipeline linking Bwari township and nearby communities to treated water from Lower Usuma Dam, calling the project a tangible result of his administration’s “Renewed Hope” agenda and pledging similar interventions across the Federal Capital Territory.
“Water is life. Clean water is dignity,” Tinubu said at the commissioning ceremony, held in Bwari Area Council.
“It is a fundamental right, not a luxury.” He said the network ends decades of reliance on untreated boreholes and streams and was built after he instructed the FCT minister to “mobilize the best, and fix it.”
The project, President Tinubu said, strongly indicates the administration’s focus on delivering infrastructure, not excuses.
He pointed to recent work in Karu — where water and road projects were completed last month — as evidence of a broader drive to extend services to satellite towns. He also pledged to extend similar water projects to Kuje, Kwali, Gwagwalada and Abaji before the end of the current term.
Tinubu urged residents to protect the newly commissioned system, calling it “built for your benefit with your commonwealth.”
NewsQuest learnt that the Bwari expansion has already generated more than 1,600 direct and indirect jobs and is expected to curb waterborne illnesses and reduce the cost residents spend on private boreholes.
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, who led the project effort, recalled that President Tinubu directed extension of potable water to satellite towns during the president’s second anniversary in 2025.
Minister Wike described the Bwari commissioning as the 50th project he has officially opened since taking office, and said he aims to commission 10 more projects before the start of the 2027 campaign season.
“Since the assumption of Mr. President in 2023, he has been able to provide water for the city center, provide water for the satellite towns in Karu and other communities, and also provide water for Bwari,” Wike said.
“We are not only concentrating on roads. We’re also making sure other sectors are being touched.”
Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, Minister of State for the FCT, called the network a milestone for the Renewed Hope Agenda and said access to treated water would improve public health, livelihoods and public confidence in government.
In a brief closing address, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the First Lady, offered a prayer for healing and peace.
According to a statement by the Deputy Director of Press in the Minister’s office Rabi Musa, the Bwari expansion was awarded to CGC Nigeria Limited in August 2025.
Acting FCDA Executive Secretary Richard Yunana Dauda said the project aligns with the FCT master plan, which prioritizes infrastructure development in satellite towns where many capital‑area residents live and work.
The network is intended to serve large parts of Bwari and nearby settlements including Ushafa, Aji, Zuma, Gaba and Kuchikau.
He said the Bwari work complements the greater Abuja water project and forms part of a broader infrastructure push that is producing visible results as the government marks its third year in office.
