The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, revealed this to newsmen on Sunday.
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The Minister said this at the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Presentation of Scorecard in the Water Sector on Monday in Abuja.
Adamu made the disclosure on Thursday at the presentation of the 2022 Annual Flood Outlook of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency in Abuja.
Adamu said this at the 2nd edition of the Nigerian Media Water Week in Abuja on Monday.
Bello gave the directive during an inspection of the ongoing drainage clearance organised by the Lagos State Government on Saturday.
Speaking at a virtual conference to mark the year 2020 World Environment Day, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, said biodiversity represents a critical part of the natural environment
The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, has urged residents of Lagos State to prepare for likely consequences of 240 days to 270 days rain with the 2020 rainfall predicted to begin in March 19 and end November 22.
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, on Thursday said Ekiti State was the first to domesticate the Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet Campaign, an effort to eradicate open defecation in Nigeria.
Suleiman Adamu, Minster of Water Resources, has stressed the need for collaborative efforts of every Nigerian to end open defecation in the country.
Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources, says an executive order is needed to end open defecation in the country.
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has called on state governments to key into the Open Defecation Free Roadmap to promote sanitation and hygiene in the country.
The Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, on Sunday said the Federal Government inherited 116 ongoing and abandoned irrigation and water projects from the immediate past government in 2015.
Dr Elijah Aderibigbe, the Director, Irrigation and Drainage, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, has assured that the Federal Government will complete all abandoned water projects in the country.
The Chairman of the forum, Mohammed Mohammed, made the group’s position known on Thursday at a press briefing in Minna.
According to him, it is expected that when the federal government constructs dams to impound bulk water, the states would key in, to construct treatment plants and conveyances pipelines to distribute the water to the end users.
The Director, River Basin Operations and Inspectorate, John Ochigbo, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that doing this would promote the realisation of the food security target of the country through investment in agriculture.
The minister, Suleiman Adamu, made this call at the opening of a two-day Retreat for the Governing Boards of the 12 River Basin Development Authorities and the Parastatals of the Ministry in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ochekpe made this known on Monday during a Retreat for Boards and Management of the River Basin Development Authorities in Abuja