By Bisola Adeyemo
Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, has reassured Nigerians on sustainable water resources and to achieve accelerated growth in all sectors of the country’s economy.
The minister, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, gave the assurance on Thursday during the ongoing two day workshop, in Ibadan, NAN reports.
According to her, the Water Resource Master Plan is a document which helps to ensure that water resources in Nigeria are developed and managed.
She said the aim was to ensure that every community in each state would have access to safe water and hygiene.
Her words, “This was because the master plan’s estimated that the country’s demand for water would increase from its current 5.93 billion cubic metres per year to 16.58 billion cubic metres in 2030.
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“It is on this premise that the ministry is sensitising stakeholders on the Master plan and UN water convention to enrich their knowledge and drive productivity in the sector.
“The goal of the plan was to achieve accelerated growth, integrated and coordinated water resources development and management, agricultural production and food security.
“The implementation of the 1995 masterplan recorded very low imputes which was attributed to several reasons, including lack of political will, weak implementation structure and poor justification for budgetary provision and appropriations.
“Currently, more than forty percent of the global populations rely on shared basins for their livelihoods.
“Consequently, the 1995 Water Resources Masterplan was reviewed and approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC on July 3, 2014. This gave birth to the 2013 water resources masterplan that is operational in the water sector.
“The ministry had organised sensitisation in Kano and Sokoto States respectively. We are now in the city of Ibadan to consolidate and create awareness on this important document.
“The sensitization will aid the implementation of the 2013 master plan to reduce water scarcity.”
