Introduction 

My name is Pastor Ferdinand Nmeka, the pastor in charge of Divine Result Evangelical Church (AKA 
Divine Result Assembly) situated at plot 137 Babs Animashaun road , off Bode Thomas street Suru 
Lere Lagos Nigeria. I grew up in a rural community in Alude Ibeme, Ugiri, Isiala Mbano LGA Imo 
state Nigeria. I am 55 years old. In this paricular community called Alude Ibeme, while we were 
growing up, there was no electricity or pipe borne water as this was applicable to all the 
communities in Ugiri constituency. We used to trek to and fro  for approximately 30KM  ( Thirty 
kilometers) from my kindred to the only stream that serves the whole of Ugiri constituency till date

.As I write the gullies that surround the sfream are more than three story building each. The road 
is slippery and almost impassable,  full of wild animals and reptiles.   Many times there were 
efforts made  by different governments both military and civilian regimes  to provide pipe born 
water to this constituency to no avail. As a matter of fact it has always been a perennial  
campaign promise since 1999 when democracy was reintroduced in Nigeria.Yet all these communities 
are yet to see any dividend of democracy in this direction.

 This stream popularly called  Mbaa river continues to be the only source of water for drinking and 
washing to the entire constituency till date. Though some individual efforts have been made to dig 
boreholes but the cost of maintenance has been a huge challenge . Though the constituency is said 
to be electrified but it is on record that they have guaranteed power supply less than one hour, 
two  or three times a year.  Those who have boreholes  now resort to selling the water for about 20 
Naira per keg which is a huge amount to the rural  dwellers to afford on daily basis  

I have always had the desire to solve this problem for this constituency but paucity of funds has 
been the bane. However in the year 2013 Divine result evangelical church  decided to start a pilot 
project of pipe borne water provision  in Alude Ibeme . We  opened a borehole that has been 
providing FREE  drinkable water for at least 5 neighboring kindreds 24hrs daily.  For the past 5 
years we  have made sure ( at a great cost though)  that there is constant water supply for these 
nearby  kindreds which are Alude, Umuezeala Oka, Umuwuoha Oka, Amaorji and Ituohia kindreds all in 
Imo state Nigeria.  Because of the overwhelming testimonies that keep flowing from these kindreds, 
we  have had the increased desire to extend this gesture to many other kindreds in Ugiri 
constituency but it has not been possible due to paucity of funds. In 2016 I was moved  to tears 
when one of the kindreds assembled both men and women to pay me a thank you visit. They brought 
heads of plantain, palm oil etc just to thank God and mysel

Cost implications per kindred for the 50 kindreds

1) Cost of drilling the borehole  per kindred  ----------------------              $ 7,500
2) Water storage ( reservoir) including steel stands and eight 1000
liter  containers per kindred ---------------------------------------------------------$6000        
                                                                              
3) Electricity ( Solar energy preferable) per village-----------------------------$75,000
4) Staff emolument per kindred average of five  workers   at $200 ( Two hundred) per month for 1 
calendar year  --------------------------------------------------------------$12,000
5)  Emoluments for supervisory staff of minimum 10 workers at $300( three hundred) per month for a 
year  ------------------------------------------------------- $36,000

In case it will be possible to provide water for the 50 kindreds, the following must be put in place



6) Cost of a plot of land for office space  , ------------------------------------------$20,000
7) cost of building a supervisory  office space -----------------------------------$100,000
8) Office furniture and maintenance-------------------------------------------------$20,000
9) supervisory vehicles  2 Hilux trucks 4x4 (2.8 diesel 6 SP Man) --------$116,880 
10) Incidentals------------------------------------------------------------------------------$15,000

The above stated  proposal is what it takes to give pipe borne water to a kindred. The supervisory 
expenses are what will be needed to coordinate the entire 50 kindreds in Ugiri constituency . The 
above given information is verifiable. If this proposal is kindly considered I will make available 
Divine result evangelical church domiciliary account for remittances as decided by the sponsors. 

Thanks
Pastor Ferdinand Nmeka
For and on behalf of Divine Result Evangelical Church