By: Celestine Ukah
Blasts Governors, LGAs Chairmen for neglect in portable Water provision
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu says the Water Bill document put forward to the National Assembly is to protect the Niger Delta, Ordinary Nigerians and others from being exploited for using water.
Mr. Adamu made this disclosure Tuesday July 19, 2022 while fielding questions from AriseTV news , he declared that the Water Bill is determined more to guarantee protection of the Niger Delta, because water flows from the North to the Southern part of Nigeria, adding that federal government has the power to manage water through regulations that will protect the people.
The Water Resources Minister however appealed to the National Assembly to give the bill quick passage, noting that the passage will be good for Nigerians.
He blasts State governors and local government chairmen in the country for their failure to provide water sanitation to their people for the past seven years, Adamu reiterated that federal government is not responsible for provision of water but because of the failure of state government and local governments administrations FG intervening taking it upon themselves to allow easy access to portable drinking water across States and LGAs.
