To mark 2019 World Water Day, Foundation for Partnership in the Niger Delta has raised the alarm that 884 million people are denied access to clean water. Nigeria CleanWater Water 2019WorldWaterDay
Foundation for Partnership in the Niger Delta has raised alarm that 884 million people are denied access to clean water.
The Country Director, WaterAid Nigeria, Dr ChiChi Aniagolu-Okoye, identified women, children, refugees, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and the elderly as marginalised group, often overlooked, and who sometimes face discrimination in their quest to access and manage the clean water they need to live daily.
The Minister disclosed this during the third Founders’ Day of Edo University, Iyamho, Edo state. Delivering a lecture titled, “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene,” Adamu said majority of those with no access to clean water are in rural areas.
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