This year’s World Water Day, observed annually on March 22, has raised challenges Nigerians, including women and girls are facing in water and sanitation issues.
The theme, “Water and Gender,” and the slogan, “Where Water Flows, Equality Grows,” emphasise that providing safe, accessible water reduces the burden on women and girls, allowing for improved education and economic opportunities. (…)
More than half of Nigerian households (52 percent) reported that access to water is challenging, with 68 million people (33 per cent of the population) lacking access to basic drinking water services, while 171 million people (83 per cent of the population) lack basic handwashing facilities. (…)
The realities confronting water and sanitation projects in many communities across the country, include funding constraints, poor engineering and weak maintenance culture. Even the WASH projects that are constructed by the Ministry of Water Resource have the record of one out of three projects being non-functional, no longer producing water, or have been vandalised within the first year.
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