The Government of Niger adopted, on Thursday 02^nd  September, a draft ordinance authorizing the ratification of the Convention for a maximum total principal amount of forty million Euros (€40,000,000), signed on 1^st  June 2021 in Niamey, between the Republic of Niger and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), to finance the construction’s project of a new drinking water facility (Karey-Gorou plant) as well as the extension and reinforcement of drinking water networks in the city of Niamey.

According to the conclusions of the meeting of the Council of Ministers, a copy of which was received by the ANP, « The overall objective of the agreement, which is the subject of this proposed ordinance, is to improve the living conditions of the people of the city of Niamey and to support the economic development of the city and the country in general».

The government must then make it clear that the specific objectives of the Project are: to increase the production and distribution capacity of drinking water in order to meet the increase in demand by 2030; to secure the city's water supply by diversifying the sources of water production; to improve water supply to the populations of the outlying districts; to contribute to the maintenance of sustainable and efficient management of the water service and to consolidate the financial equilibrium of the urban water sub-sector. 

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