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Chinese Government provides RMB 40.27 million grant for Borehole Drilling Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$9,850,827
Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•NigeriaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•NigeriaSector•Water Supply And SanitationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 13, 2005
Start (planned)
Jan 1, 2005
End (actual)
Apr 18, 2010

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the installation of 540 head pumps (equipped boreholes) and 58 motorized schemes in the following states: Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo, Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano, Adamawa, Borno, Taraba, Kogi, Benue, Niger, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). More detailed locational information can be found at: Ekiti: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3717154 Ogun: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3718463 Oyo: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3720554 Anambra: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3715505 Enugu: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3717212 Imo: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3717825 Delta: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3716950 Akwa Ibom: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3715359 Rivers: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3720743 Sokoto: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3707368 Kaduna: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3709353 Kano: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3710302 Adamawa: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3720358 Borno: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3721167 Taraba: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3720850 Kogi: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3717971 Benue: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3716076 Niger: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3718384 Federal Capital Territory (Abuja): https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3717259

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Nigeria

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • Beijing G&M Engineering Construction Co., Ltd.

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides RMB 40.27 million grant for Borehole Drilling Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On October 13, 2005, China’s Yongqiu Beijing G and M Construction Co. Ltd (BG&M) and the Nigeria’s Ministry of Water Resources signed an RMB 40.27 grant agreement for the Borehole Drilling Project. This project involved the construction of 598 boreholes) in 14 states, including Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The contract with BG&M was signed by Minister Alhaji Muktar Shehu Shagari in the presence of the China’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Wang Yongqiu. Under the terms of the contract, BG&M agreed to install 540 head pumps (equipped boreholes) and 58 motorized schemes in the following states: Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo, Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano, Adamawa, Bornu, Taraba, Kogi, Benue, Niger, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This project was officially completed and handed over to the Nigerian authorities on April 18, 2010. The Government of Nigeria subsequently sent a proposal to the Chinese Embassy to scale up the project to 22 additional states in Nigeria.