The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, declared a “State of Emergency” in the water and sanitation sector.
Declaring the “State of Emergency” at Asaba, Mr Okowa inaugurated a high-powered steering committee which has him as the chairman to coordinate the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Services and “proffer effective reforms as well as formulate policies to end open defecation.” He continued, “available statistics from the UNICEF-WHO Joint Monitoring Programme show that access to piped water on premises in urban areas declined from 32 per cent in 1990 to less than 10 per cent in 2015 and in the same token, access to improved sanitation dropped from 38 per cent to 29 per cent; this clearly suggests an erosion of WASH utility service coverage and it is shocking to say the least, that while population is increasing, WASH asset is depleting.
Governor Okowa also thanked the European Union, UNICEF and USAID for their support and various interventions on the improvement of the state’s WASH services since the beginning of his administration.
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