President Muhammadu Buhari has declared a state of emergency on the nation’s water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector.

He explained that the declaration became imperative to reduce the high-prevalence of water-borne diseases in different parts of the country, which has caused preventable deaths.

The President stated this while inaugurating the National Action Plan for Revitalisation of Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector at State House Conference Centre in Abuja on Thursday.

He directed government at all levels to redouble efforts and work towards meeting the nation’s water supply and sanitation needs.
President Buhari said, “The Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs) targets (6.1 & 6.2) for WASH are even more demanding as they require WASH services to be provided in adequate quantity and quality on premises at affordable prices.”
“This cannot be achieved if we continue with ‘a business as usual’ approach. It is on this premise that I fully endorse the decision taken at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council in April this year to declare ‘a State of Emergency on our WASH Sector,” he added.
President Buhari said statistics on open defecation, access to piped water services and sanitation in the country was disturbing.
He, however, warned that henceforth, the Federal Government support to state governments would be based on their commitment to implement the National WASH Action Plan in their respective states and to end open defecation by 2025.
“Access to piped water services which was 32 per cent in 1990 has declined to seven per cent in 2015; access to improved sanitation has also decreased from 38 per cent in 1990 to 29 per cent in 2015,” the President was quoted as saying in a statement by his media adviser, Mr Femi Adesina.
He added, “Our country now ranks No 2 in the global rating on Open Defecation as about 25 per cent of our population are practicing open defecation.”
“WASH services at the rural areas are unsustainable as 46 per cent of all water schemes are non-functional, and the share of our spending on WASH sector has been declining from 0.70 per cent of the GDP in 1990 to about 0.27 per cent in 2015, which is far below the 0.70 per cent at the West African regional level.”
The occasion was attended by representatives of various state governments and development partners.
President Buhari also seized the opportunity to reiterate that the provision of potable water supply, adequate sanitation and hygiene were primarily the responsibilities of state and local governments.
“However, these are not being given the required attention judging from the high prevalence of water-borne diseases that are being reported in different parts of the country,” he said.
“We cannot and will not continue to allow these preventable occurrences to decimate our population.”
The President told the gathering that he was aware that Nigeria did not meet the MDG targets for Water Supply and Sanitation that ended in 2015.
“I call on all state governments to complement this effort by according the sector similar recognition to enable us to work together to achieve the SDG targets for WASH by 2030,” he said.
At the Federal level, President Buhari pledged that his administration would continue to place priority on infrastructure development, including those of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services towards ensuring a better life for Nigerians.
According to him, this is being demonstrated through faithful implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) – which is the present administration’s blueprint for infrastructure and economic development.
“From the inception of this administration, we have demonstrated a serious commitment to the development of the Water Sector by preserving the Ministry of Water Resources and subsequently approving the 15-year roadmap developed for the sector,” the President revealed.
He added, ”The transformation being witnessed in the sector since then is highly commendable. I have no doubt that the ongoing initiatives, including the implementation of the Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) in the Ministry, will take the water sector to improved performance and supply, thereby meeting the national aspirations as well as the SDGs.”

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This state of emergency is Mostly needed in lagos

Sai Buhari

I hope this doesn't end as mere talks.

This country is Bleep£d, for fork sake.

As Mega as Lagos claims, there is no pipe borne water let alone other states.

And funny enough these states allocate scarce resources for water , cash out and then embezzle the money.

Ebonyi's Ofurekpe water scheme easily comes to mind.
Elechi displaced communities and squandered fortunes on that misadventure.

Oshiomhole , sometime between 2015 and 16 flooded some Edo communities with substandard pipes under the guise of resuscitating moribund water facilities.

They dug moats around town, buried their pipes and went AWOL.

Till today, no water o.

Can we ever get it right?

After 3.5 years. No wonder Suleiman Adamu has been the most redundant Minister in the history of Nigeria. Buhari is just failure personified.

GavelSlam:


Copy and paste.

Cry me a river son. I am the Originator, all that matters is the one that ends on Front page, so Zombies can finally see the need to be rescued.

GavelSlam:
Access to piped water services which was 32 per cent in 1990 has declined to seven per cent in 2015; access to improved sanitation has also decreased from 38 per cent in 1990 to 29 per cent in 2015.

Yet some people clamour for such callous government.

Never again.

sharap
Between 1990 to 2015 was Buhari not part of government under Abacha?
How you guys tend to separate a grandfather like Buhari in the destruction of Nigeria system amazes me.

GavelSlam:

Shut up.

I know your aptitude is quite low.

What it means is that it got worse over the years.

One must never forget a party ruled for 16 years whilst Abacus ruled for 5 .

Don't act stupid this afternoon.

i don see your own aptitude abi na attitude.
You want to justify the massive embezzlement carried out by your god and his mentor abi you want to compare massive embezzlement carried by the military?

Which people laid down the foundation of corruption?
Who was the first person to embezzle funds in briefcases?
Is Abacha not Buhari's role model?

It is better for you to gather pry2 pupils and be telling them this kind of tales than making mockery of yourself.

”WASH services at the rural areas are unsustainable as 46% of all water schemes are non-functional, and the share of our spending on WASH sector has been declining from 0.70% of the GDP in 1990 to about 0.27% in 2015 which is far below the 0.70% at the West African regional level,” he said.

State and federal governments have failed. Alot of states have water board currently but they do next to nothing. They serve only a minute fraction of population and most dont seem interested delivering water directly to homes. They end up making boreholes or public taps.

Who gets their water from state water board on here? If yes how much is the water bill on average? Is it metered or unmetered.

This water and sanitation problem just started 3months to the next general election.

he should declare emergency on Fulani Herdsmen Killings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJfnzdy6UA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVS0I0H-Ybo

Breaking news coming from failure personified .....Mr Dullard

Instead Buhari should declare a state of emergency on security, economy, health(where he have become a perinnal health tourist), education(including his dubious attestation certificate) and other critical aspects of our national life.

Bump