As part of its policy of corporate social responsibility, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL) Lagos constructed a solar powered borehole to improve water supply to the town of Tsanyawa town, a village about 150 km west of the town of Kano in northern Nigeria.

Recognising the dire need of a supply of fresh water for villages in the region of Tsanyawa, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL) commissioned a geo-physical survey and conducted a feasibility study of the area to identify a viable drilling point before drilling down 60 metres and building a water tank and installing the solar panels.

This was carried out in collaboration with the Tsanyawa Local Government council officials and community leaders of the town.

The overhead tank holds 13,000 gallons of water and inhabitants from the surrounding villages can draw water from taps at dispensing points at the foot of the structure.

The ceremony to officially commission and handover the water borehole was held in November 2008.  Present at the ceremony, which was organised and coordinated CDIL, was the Chairman of the Local Government who pledged to ensure that the borehole is correctly maintained.

Also present was the District Head of Tsanyawa representing chiefs of the surrounding villages. Cotecna was represented by local and corporate managers as well as members of staff from our Kano and Jibiya operations.