Nigeria: 69 million locals lack safe drinking water – survey

Nigeria: 69 million locals lack safe drinking water – survey

Posted on December 3, 2010 by  
The Project Supervisor of Global Initiative for Women and Children (GIWAC) Jamilu Mustapha Ango has said that the result of a survey carried out by the group revealed that about 69 million people do not have access to safe drinking water while 103 million do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities in Nigeria.
Jamilu, who spoke at a workshop in Kaduna on 30 November 2010 said GIWAC, in partnership with the Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) seeks to provide succour for communities where access to drinking water and sanitation lags far behind in other to prevent water and sanitation related diseases.
The coordinator of GIWAC, Hajia Hafsatu M. Baba, said three communities including Kusfa in Zaria, Ungwan Sarki in Kaduna North and Katul in Kachia, Kaduna State were the targeted communities and would be provided with boreholes before the end of the project’s duration.
She also said the European Union was funding the project which would last for nine months, noting that if they get funding from other sources, they would extend the project to other communities in Kaduna State.
Kaduna State Commissioner for Water Resources, Asandu G. Garba said the challenge was critical in rural areas where most of the poor live.
Source: Christiana T. Alabi, Daily Trust / allAfrica.com, 1 December 2010

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