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WaterAid welcomes Nigerian Government action plan on water and sanitation crisis

ByDotun Roy

Nov 9, 2018 , ,

WaterAid has welcomed the launching of the Nigerian Federal Government’s emergency response to address its water and sanitation crisis, the first phase of a National Action Plan addressing a state of emergency declared earlier this year.

While Nigeria is the largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, one out of three Nigerians does not have clean water close to home and two in three do not have a decent household toilet. This directly contributes to the deaths of nearly 60,000 children under five each year of diarrhoeal illnesses caused by dirty water, poor sanitation and poor hygiene.

This emergency kills more people annually in Nigeria than have died in conflict with Boko Haram. Poor sanitation is also estimated to cost countries the equivalent of 0.9% of GDP – in Nigeria, this amounts to $3.38 billion USD a year.

Minister of Water Resources making presentation on the state of WASH in Nigeria

Speaking to newsmen at the Launch in the State House Abuja, ChiChi Aniagolu-Okoye, the Country Director of WaterAid Nigeria stated that with 1 in 3 Nigerians without clean water, and 2 in 3 Nigerians without decent household sanitation, strong political will is what is needed to address the water and sanitation crises in Nigeria.

“And at WaterAid we are delighted that the Federal Government and His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari is demonstrating the needed political will with the launch of the Action Plan”.

“The National Plan of Action is a significant political milestone towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 to reach everyone, everywhere with clean water and decent sanitation by 2030 and our expectation is that state governments will follow suit in developing Action Plans to address the Water and Sanitation crises in their respective states.” she said.

In a speech declaring a state of emergency in water, sanitation and hygiene and launching the action plan, His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari said his government was committed to developing the water sector and that he ‘noted with dismay’ declining services, including a fall in the percentage of the population with piped water services (32% in 1990, 7% in 2015) and a fall in the percentage of people with access to improved sanitation (from 38% in 1990 to 29% in 2015).

“As we all know our country is vast with an increasing rate of urbanisation but recent indices for water supply and sanitation access requires that governments at all levels redouble efforts and work in synergy towards meeting the nation’s water supply and sanitation demands.” he remarked.

Also speaking at the event Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu during his presentation disclosed that in Nigeria, 123 million people are without a basic household toilet, while 60 million people are without clean water close to home.

He added that 166 million people do not have a way to wash hands with soap.

“50% of schools are without basic toilets,
30% of healthcare facilities do not have a water source on site”.

Adam stated that the 1 in 2 Nigerians still defeacate in the open.

“This has made progress on sanitation is regressing. For every urban resident reached with a decent household toilet, another two join the queue to wait” he said.

The National Action Plan commences with an 18-month emergency plan, followed by a five-year recovery plan and a 13-year revitalisation strategy, towards the 2030 deadline set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals to eradicate extreme poverty and create a healthier, more sustainable planet. It commits the Federal Government of Nigeria and states to establish the institutional and funding foundations for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services, and to accelerate development towards 2030.

By Dotun Roy

DotunRoy.com is a development driven news website with the overall goal of amplifying, promoting and advocating for positive societal change through Sustainable Development advocacy in line with UN SDGs components such as education, environmental sustainability and Climate Change, Human Rights, health, finance, housing, good governance as well as security in Nigeria and across the world.

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