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The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and stakeholders have come together to review comments and suggestions on shared Terms of Reference of the Technical Committee for the Development of National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Policy and Implementation Strategy.
The meeting which held Thursday, 22nd June, 2023 at Bolton White Hotel, Abuja was a Stakeholders’ engagement meeting of its Technical Committee which was inaugurated on 3rd April, 2023 by the immediate-past Hon. Minister of Environment on behalf of himself and Hon. Minister of the Federal Ministry Water Resources for the Development of National WASH Policy and Implementation Strategy to examine received comments, suggestions and inputs on its shared Terms of Reference (ToR).
Director, Water Supply, Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Chairman of the Technical Committee, Engr. (Dr.) Nicholas Dumebi Madu, while declaring the meeting open, said “the meeting today is a testament to the fact that we are poised to advance the development of this National WASH Policy and to use this opportunity to thank all the Technical Committee members for this tremendous achievement.”
Engr. Madu reminded members of the Committee that their main task was to further galvanize efforts made and dissect all relevant sections of the ToR as the Ministry is at the verge of engaging a suitable Consulting Firm for the review process which is expected to accommodate relevant contributions from all over the World.
He further noted that improved WASH Services have multi-layered impact towards other human development outcomes, such as; poverty reduction and inclusive growth, safe drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), stressing that these are fundamental to healthier standards of living for the people.
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According to him, it was on this premise that the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Environment and other relevant stakeholders, reengineered efforts towards development of a comprehensive National WASH Policy and Implementation Strategy to address perceived imbalance in WASH Service delivery throughout the country.
Goodwill messages were delivered by Water Aid, World Bank and UNICEF, respectively.
In attendance, both physically and virtually, were members of the committee drawn from about 30 Agencies, line Ministries, and parastatals, the academia, Civil Society Groups, Organized Private Sector on WASH (OPS-WASH), Development Partners and the media, says Imuetinyan Funmi (Mrs.), Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, FMWR./SHARE THIS
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