Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, disclosed this on Tuesday, when he received the Minister of Water Resources, Malam Suleiman Adamu, in his office in Gombe.
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The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said this at a workshop for State Agencies and Utility governance management course for Commissioners of Water Resources, in Abuja.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced this while briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
This was disclosed by the Ministers of State for Agriculture, Heneiken Lokpobiri, and Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, after the Council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
According to him, in spite of the accomplishments and enormous opportunities such as abundant freshwater, favourable weather, substantial human capacity available in the water sector, a lot of work still needed to be done.
SERAP had last week asked Engr. Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources, to “explain why Nigeria’s water and sanitation infrastructure have continued to deteriorate and millions of Nigerians have to resort to drinking water from contaminated sources with deadly health consequences, despite the authorities claiming to have spent trillions of naira of budgetary allocations on the sector since the return of democracy in 1999”.
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this at the opening of the 6th National Conference on Community-Led Total Sanitation Conference in Bauchi on Tuesday.
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, at the launching ceremony in Abuja, said that the availability of clean water supply was the focus of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
At the event in Abuja, Adamu said the committee became necessary considering the nation’s diverse and economic water resources which needed coordinated and integrated management.
While briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said the memo was complimentary to the earlier one he presented at the last FEC meeting on November 22
The Ministers of Water Resources and Agriculture, Suleiman Adamu and Audu Ogbeh respectively, said these were part of the Federal Executive Council’s decisions at its weekly meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said group hand washing by school children would promote the adoption of life-saving habits and the sustainability of such practices in health care facilities and homes.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the N200 million World Bank-funded programme has its replica in six River Basin Development Authorities, representing the six geopolitical zones.
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that government was also considering switching from diesel to solar water pumps to ensure sustainability.
According to a statement issued in Abuja, the minister said this in Akure, Ondo State on Friday at the meeting of the National Council on Water Resources.
Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the government would only reposition the river basins for efficient service delivery.
Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the seven-year programme was targeted at rehabilitating five irrigation schemes in five Northern states.
The government also predicted that the monsoon wind would bring rain from the West Africa coast around between June 22 and September/October
The minister made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria