The Federal Government has expressed commitment to the provision of adequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene, WASH in the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Comfort Ekaro said this at a mid-year review meeting for the Federal Government/UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme in Abuja.
She said that government’s commitment was in line with the national and global targets of creating opportunities for improvement of lives, economic development and national productivity.
According to Ekaro,, investment in water and sanitation yields enormous benefits to individuals and the nation at large.
In line with the 2019 Annual Work Plan geared toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal Six for water and sanitation, she said that a technical committee would be constituted to develop the Water Quality Management Roadmap.
The Chief of WASH, UNICEF Nigeria Zaid Jurji, said that the meeting was to appraise the progress on the implementation of the 2019 annual work plan and collate inputs for the realisation of 2019 targets.
