Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state on Tuesday declared a “State of Emergency” in the water and sanitation sector observing that a lot is required for Nigeria to provide public water and sanitation facilities for her growing population.
Declaring the “State of Emergency” at Asaba, during the inauguration of a high-powered-steering committee which has him as the Chairman to coordinate the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Services (WASH) and “proffer effective reforms as well as formulate policies to end open defecation, stated that in Delta State, the water and sanitation sectors are receiving more funding.
He said: “In the next four years, we will increase the allocation to water and sanitation sectors and hold those within the sector accountable as we intend to have good value for any money released,” the governor said, adding, “water, as the saying goes, is life; but regrettably, we have not done enough collectively as a nation in the provision of public…
