The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, has called on the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) to make delibrate efforts to provide a sustainable technical framework that will ease access to the nations groundwater resources.
He made the call on Tuesday at the National Stakeholders’ workshop on drafting of National Groundwater accessment strategic plan for NIgeria in Abuja.
Adamu stated that 60 per cent of the diseases in developing countries are gotten through unsafe water supply and inadequate sanitation, saying that provision of water supply systems in Nigeria is both important and urgent.
“Diseases related to drinking water contamination represent a major burden on human health and the interventions to improve the quality of drinking water provides significant benefits to health.
“Therefore, provision of water supply systems in Nigeria is both important and urgent.
According to him, groundwater is a critical stakeholder in the Global Climate Change adaptation and the theme of this year’s World Water Day Celebration, “Making the Invisible, Visible” has made it mandatory to establish a robust Ground Water Resources Management plan.
“In 2012 ,International groundwater accessment centre under the auspices of World Metrological Organisation,launched a global monitoring network.
“Nigeria as a global player in the sub-saharan region cannot be left behind in policy making concerning Groundwater management.
“The current state of 73 groundwater management stations established by NIHSA, falls short of the initial minimum requirements of 200 planned to have been acheived by the year 2020,” he added.
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