ABUJA – The Federal Government has announced that it had begun discussions with the World Bank to secure $700million facility for urban water supply. Engr. Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources, who stated this on a live radio programme monitored by DAILY INDEPENDENT in Abuja, said the facility would facilitate the provision of potable water supply to five or six states in their urban centres. Adamu also explained that the proposed facility from the World Bank would guarantee the provision of water supply to all nooks and crannies of the metropolis of the benefiting States for 24hours a day, He said the project would serve as a model for other states to invest in water supply.

The minister further lamented that states government, over the years, have been paying lips service to the provision of water supply, sanitation and hygiene to the citizenry. According to him, “For me, I have spent the last two weeks, since the pandemic started to manifest in Nigeria on lessons learnt from this pandemic. “Since I came to the office in 2015, we have stepped up our campaigns on sanitation, hygiene and water supply.

“I have been saying it, the states government, whose responsibility it is, to provide water to the people, have not been investing enough in water supply and sanitation. They have not. “This is a wake-up call to everyone. They should stop paying lips service to water and sanitation in Nigeria and just do the needful.

“Nigerians should be provided with adequate water supply wherever they are. “It is not only to contain COVID-19, which we hope, will be contained, but there are other diseases such as typhoid, cholera, that have been with us for a very long time. “We need to get states to invest more in water supply because it is their constitutional responsibility. “It is not the responsibility of the Federal Government to provide water on our taps.

“But the Federal Government supports the States. Since 2017, we have had a new budget line to support the states that are working on urban water schemes. “The Federal Government can support the states with up to 30percent investment for urban water schemes. “My experience in the last five years is that many states are paying lips service to water supply. They need to understand that it is so important. Water is the basic ingredient of life.

“It affects a lot of things such as health, education. Whatever you want to do outside hygiene, water is number one. But we have not been giving water the priority it deserves in this country.” He pointed out that water supply and sanitation in the country are already in the emergency situation, following the declaration of the state of emergency on the sector by President Muhammadu

Source: https://www.independent.ng/fg-begins-discussions-with-world-bank-to-secure-700m-facility-for-urban-water-supply/

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Another Loan

Chei, This APC government ha destroyed this country with loan and more loans .

APC, enough of this senseless loans because it's choking us already.

APC must not be voted again in 2023 please , Habba . Thinks is too much .

NaijaRoyalty:
Another Loan

Na so we see am o..

By d tym dis ppl are done ehn, some of our creditors will jus have to colonize us all over again or begin to transport Nigerians across d Atlantic to plantations to redeem d hige debt

Something will soon happen to this country.

 “The Federal Government can support the states with up to 30percent investment for urban water schemes. 

The minister further lamented that states government, over the years, have been paying lips service to the provision of water supply

Nigeria states have been lazy about this issue. Hopefully states with common sense partner with the FG to provide water. The sad part is the people dont even make this an election issue. Lol they'll watch their states build churches, mosques, stadiums never caring to expand public water utilities.

Case study: Akwa Ibom cut the water boards budget but found billions to build a church. It's amazing what's prioritized in Nigeria.


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I hereby renounce my Nigerian citizenship!

Lol

nawa

Another loan??

Another story

Hmmmm, Buhari

Another loan..

Can't this yeye politicians take from the money they have embezzled ni?

usually d Senate is supposed to block all these loans. But they are too busy fawning over Buhari. All his appointees do talk about is "laon"

The government needs to disclose which 5 or 6 states are going to be picked. The criteria on how their picked is also needs to be known. After that what are the plans for rest of the country.

Another water loan? I don't think the world Bank can count the number of water related loans Nigeria has taken from it and zero potable water anywhere

Adamu also explained that the proposed facility from the World Bank would guarantee the provision of water supply to all nooks and crannies of the metropolis of the benefiting States for 24hours a day.

Lol there's no reason it shouldn't be 24/7. Even power outages aren't a good excuses if they build water towers. The water will run temporarily until the pump works again. If they're really planning on doing this they build pipes connecting homes to the utility. After that charge the customer for service.

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

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