FG inaugurates National Strategic Plan to boost rural water supply

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Federal Government on Monday inaugurated the national strategic plan tagged: “Village Level Operation and Maintenance (VLOM)” to boost supply of potable water to rural dwellers.

Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources, inaugurated the strategic plan at stakeholders’ workshop on implementing the National Action Plan for the revitalisation of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Abuja.

fec meeting 1 FG inaugurates National Strategic Plan to boost rural water supply
From left: Head of Service, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita; Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and President Muhammadu Buhari at the Federal Executive Council Meeting in Abuja

According to Adamu, VLOM is meant to address the reported low access to WASH services and the consequent high prevalence of water borne diseases in different parts of the country,

“VLOM has been prepared as part of the efforts on the access to adequate and equitable supply of safe drinking water in our rural…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper