The Federal Government has restated its commitment to ensure that Nigerians have easy access to safe water.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources Didi Walson-Jack gave the assurance in Ibadan, Oyo State at the opening ceremony of the national sensitisation workshop on the 2013 National Water Resources Master Plan and UN Water Convention, for stakeholders in South-West geo-political zone.
According to her, the Water Resource Master Plan is a document which helps to ensure that water resources in Nigeria are developed and managed adding that the objective was to ensure that citizens would have access to safe water
The Permanent Secretary said increase in water demand due to population growth was a notable issue confronting the development and management of the nation’s water resources. She added that the workshop would also be used to sensitise the participants on the need for Nigeria to accede to the UN Water Convention.
In his welcome address, Shaaban Obatade, who represented the Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources at the event, said the workshop was a testimony of the need to preserve and rescue the nation’s water resources.
