The long-term sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene project in Nigeria would receive $650 million from World Bank to address issues relating to COVID-19, Flooding, health, sanitation, wellness, livelihood, food system, drought, hygiene, even Nation Building.
The Chief Executive Officer, Male Integrated Limited, Mr Michael Ale, made this known during the maiden national Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), sustainability conference with theme:’Achieving SDG’s at Kakanfo Inn, Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Tuesday.
The benefitting states include Katsina,! Plateau, Ekiti Kaduna, Imo, Delta and Gombe States.
“In the main time, Nigeria is basely affected by flooding and this is evident by recording of casualties, it is pertinent to note that, the basic infrastructures needed to curb seasonal flooding has been neglected over decades and the consequences is what we are experiencing now.
This has lead to loss of lives and properties through different means and contamination from our water bodies most importantly our groundwater.
Almost 22 states out of 36 states of the country had withness one devastating issue relating to flooding but almost all the groundwater in Nigeria must have been affected.”
He therefore, called for an urgent action by the authorities concerned that certain immediate and proactive actions are required beyond humanitarian and emergency responsiveness to the affected areas.
As why Oyo State was not included in the project, Ale said:”Oyo State was excluded because there are procedures which have to be followed before you can be given that access to part of those that would benefit from the project. So if you do not have those institutional arragements in place, then it is very difficult to be part of this beautiful gesture from the World Bank.
