MDGS: Federal Government Explains Reasons Behind Fail Of Water Targets - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 25, 2019
TheFederal Government has said Nigeria was unable to attain the MillenniumDevelopment Goals targets on water supply and sanitation owing to poorinvestments, low capacity and other challenges.
TheMinister for Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu said this at Iyamo, Edo State,during the third founders’ day of the Edo University, Iyamo.
Accordingto the Minister, whereas the current level of investment is less than half abillion dollars, an estimated 5 billion dollars annual investment will berequired to meet the MDG targets.
Adamu,who was represented by the Managing Director of Benin-Owena River BasinDevelopment Authority, Ahmed Saliu said the challenges of sanitation were notlimited to rural areas, but equally a huge challenge in the urban areas,especially in public places and urban slums.
Hesaid it is estimated that more than 48 million Nigerians practice opendefecation which place Nigeria as the second in the world, following India,which plans to stop open defecation by October 2019.