Army donates solar-powered borehole to Zaria community

BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

“For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even clean,” says Mallam Abdullahi Garuba, a longtime resident of Yanfiki community.  “Sometimes we hide the water from our visitors because it was too dirty to offer them. Today, we have water and not just water, but clean, here in our village.”  For the people of Yanfiki, a quiet rural village nestled in Kano State, June 24th, 2025, will never…

Army donates solar-powered borehole to Zaria community

The Nigerian Army has donated a 30,000-litre capacity solar-powered water borehole to Basawa Community in Sabon-Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. By Mustapha Yauri The Nigerian Army has donated a 30,000-litre capacity solar-powered water borehole to Basawa Community in Sabon-Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, inaugurated the project in Zaria on Friday, saying that the gesture …