In various sections of the country, water delivery projects are helping at least 15 million Nigerians.
Malam Suleiman Adamu, the minister of water resources, revealed this on Sunday while taking questions from viewers of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja.
Adamu claimed that when the current administration took office in 2015, it inherited a large number of unfinished projects.
He claims that nearly 15 million individuals have received water in recent years from the Federal Government alone.
“Let me now say this based only on our reasonable report on the Federal Government’s action.
“Because we inherited several unfinished projects, such as the Zungeru-Wushishi and Zobe water supplies. For instance, the Zobe project got underway in 1992.
“Back then, it was never done. But during this government, we completed it.
“We very certainly will complete Otta, a project that was started in either 2003 or 2004. We are also working on it.
“There are several other initiatives, including Takum, Mangu, and a number of others. So, we’ve been trying to see that all of those projects are finished,” Adamu added.
The minister claimed that the current administration discovered that 30% of the population was using pipe-borne water in the rational report.
Adamu said that the previous administration, which the current government replaced, had left the nation in a poor state and that it was making every effort to guarantee that Nigeria made development.
“Where the rest of the world is progressing, we ought to be following suit, but instead we encountered a scenario that was regressing.
“In 2015, as soon as we took office, we adjusted the focus of our National Council on Water Resources to focus on problems with urban water.
Then, in November 2018, the President proclaimed a state of emergency for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and we introduced a new
According to Adamu, the action plan divided duties among the federal, state, and municipal levels of government.
“Now, this is what the federal government ought to do.
The states should act in this way, and local governments should act in this way, he continued.
According to Adamu, the ministry also started the Clean Nigeria Campaign, which was then strengthened by an executive order.
He said that under the Natural Water Resources Bill, the ministry suggested the idea of a WASH fund.
Adamu also clarified that the fund was intended to help the states and local governments develop their water projects rather than the federal government.
The minister mentioned further government initiatives such the Small Towns Water Supply Program and the National Urban
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