Juliet Jacob Ochenje
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided access to clean water supply to more than 73,000 people in Rural Communities in Kebbi and Sokoto States.
Speaking on the successful completion of the i-WASH activity recently in Abuja, USAID/Nigeria WASH Team Lead, Latif-ur Rahman, said: “Through our partnership with Green Habitat Initiative, we have introduced a new system of remote monitoring of the functionality of water pumps to increase transparency and accountability of WASH investments and reduce the downtime of facilities.
“The two year Integrated Water Sanitation and Hygiene Services (i-WASH) activity worked with state ministries, local government WASH units, rural water supply and sanitation agencies, and local communities to improve WASH services in seven schools, four health centers, and 46 rural communities.
“The activity guaranteed access to 13 improved Latrine and 17 handwashing facilities for school students and users of primary healthcare centers and About 100 remote sensors were deployed to monitor water pumps in Kebbi and Sokoto States.
“This $2 million i-WASH activity contributed to the Nigerian government’s efforts to reduce waterborne diseases and associated socio-economic challenges and is helping to accelerate Nigeria’s achievement of health, water, and sanitation targets for United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 6.
“The USAID-funded is to Improved Sustainability of Integrated Water Sanitation, and Hygiene Services (i-WASH) activity provided access to improved toilets and handwashing facilities for school students and users of primary healthcare centres.”
