By Oboh Agbonkhese
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has commended the Federal Government for declaring a state of emergency in the water, sanitation and hygiene, WASH, sector, but disagreed with government’s position that private sector participation will reverse the sectors’ woes.
The environment rights group’s Deputy Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said proposals that put the private sector in the drivers’ seat in fashioning solutions to water shortages across the country are built on “debunked theories” promoted by the World Bank and international organisations that see water only as a commodity and not as a human right.
Minister for Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, had announced last week that the declaration of emergency in the water sector was an effort to address the current crisis and re-prioritise WASH for investment…
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