UTILITIES
WATER SUPPLY
There
is an extensive water supply grid within the School
premises. This is tied to the World Bank assisted
water distribution network running across the village.
This ensures that water is generally available in
the system except when there is an interruption from
the main supply system. A 100.00m3 underground reservoir
has been constructed to hold water for about two weeks
in order to meet the needs of students and staff.
This arrangement is further assisted by 4Nos. 1000.00
litre capacity Gee-Pee tanks located near the hostels
as well as a utility water tanker/van to supply water
during emergency cases. Every student is advised to
purchase a small water kirk for storing water.
Portable water has been a problem for most developing
countries. Nigeria is not an exception. Kaduna municipal
has been experiencing increased water shortages in
recent years. The amount of urban water supply to
our School has therefore witnessed a steady decrease.
This became worrisome in view of the increase in school
population.
Management
consequently, awarded a contract to BELMONT NIG LTD;
a Kaduna based water drilling company to survey the
entire compound for water, identify the best location
for a well and to drill such well together with associated
overhead systems and pipings. The system was commissioned
on 8th March, 2004. The result has been satisfactory
and the problem of water seem to be over with the
linkage of the new borehole to the old system.
The increase in the population of staff and students
in the school means that even that above number of
boreholes cannot be sufficient. Accordingly, a third
borehole was drilled solely for the 5 Nos boy hostels
while the boreholes drilled by Belmont Nig. Ltd has
been set aside for girls only while the first borehole
drilled in the school is reserved for the Administrative
block.
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY:
A
100.00 KVA electricity transformer was procured and
installed within the school premises. This is to ensure
regular power supply as much as the utility company
(PHCN) could guarantee. There is a comprehensive network
of electricity distribution inside the school for
good power supply to all facilities and areas. Telephone
services, e-mail facilities and internet facilities
are available for ease of communication with the outside
world. The distribution system has been upgraded from
wooden poles to concrete ones.
