2019 Work Plan: Federal Government Committed To Provision Of Water Supply, Sanitation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 28, 2019
The Federal Government has expressed commitment to theprovision of adequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene, WASH in thecountry.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of WaterResources, Comfort Ekaro said this at a mid-year review meeting for the FederalGovernment/UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme in Abuja.
She said that government’s commitment was in line with thenational and global targets of creating opportunities for improvement of lives,economic development and national productivity.
According to Ekaro,, investment in water and sanitationyields enormous benefits to individuals and the nation at large.
In line with the 2019 Annual Work Plan geared toward theachievement of the Sustainable Development Goal Six for water and sanitation,she said that a technical committee would be constituted to develop the WaterQuality Management Roadmap.
The Chief of WASH, UNICEF Nigeria Zaid Jurji, said that themeeting was to appraise the progress on the implementation of the 2019 annualwork plan and collate inputs for the realisation of 2019 targets.