Suleiman Adamu Minister of Water Resources has said that
President Muhammadu Buhari will soon issue an Executive Order
directing all federal agencies to key into sanitation in the
country.
Adamu said this when he met with the National Task Group on
Sanitation in his office on Friday in Abuja.
He said that the Federal Government had expressed its
willingness to addressing the challenges in the Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene Sector of the country.
“I will like to say that there is going to be an Executive Order
by Mr President that all federal agencies must key into
sanitation.
“All institutions must have proper toilets facilities and at the
state levels, we are trying to get all state governors to also meet
the requirements.
“This will ensure that commercial buildings open up toilets
facilities; this includes working with the private sector to
achieve this very goal.
“Also our problem is, we need to get the National Assembly to be
involved to ensure that they give particular attention to
sanitation budgets as they are not really interested in it,” he
said.
(NAN)
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The Federal Government on Friday in
Abuja signed a 70M Euros additional financing bilateral agreement
with the Republic of Germany on sustainable economic development,
renewable energy, polio eradication, strengthening resilience of
internally-displaced persons and host communities in northern
Nigeria, education, peace and Security, amongst others.
At the signing ceremony, Minister of state
for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba
explained that the areas of intervention by the Government of
Germany were in line with economic sustainability and inclusive
growth espoused by the Government of Nigeria in the Economic and
Recovery Growth Plan.
Praising the efforts of the consultative
meeting, which produced the agreement, Prince Agba said that it had
provided a platform for a coordinated approach to economic
cooperation between the two countries. The forum also reviewed and
strengthened the existing cooperation as well as discussed further
on expansion of the cooperation between Nigeria and
Germany.
The Minister therefore commended the German
Government for its continuous support and commitment to the
development of the Nigerian nation since the 1960s.
Speaking on behalf of the Government of
Germany, leader of the delegation and head of the German Ministry
of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Mr. Christoph Raul
maintained that Germany is pleased with efforts of the present
government at growing the economy.
He further stated that the Republic of
Germany had partnered the country in her march towards polio
eradication which had led to 3 years of absence of the white polio
virus, and further expressed the commitment of the German
government to achieve its economic policies.
Ifeanyi Okereke
For: Director Press, MBNP