The Yobe Government has given the assurance that it is commtted to achieving 90 per cent access to water supply and sanitation by 2025 as part of its vision to reform the water and sanitation sectors.
Disclosing this on Sunday while fielding question from journalists, the General Manager, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), Bukar Mohammed said that government had already achieved 90 per cent access to water and 85 per cent access to sanitation in Bade and Nguru local government areas under the joint partnership between the state and UNICEF.
In his words: “450 hand pump boreholes, 30 solar powered boreholes and 120 toilet facilities were constructed in 346 communities reaching out to 227, 500 people in under the state and UNICEF partnership”.
Shedding light on the details of the partnership, he stated that the state government paid counterpart funds of N309 million representing 30 per cent, while UNICEF paid N750 million or 70 per cent of the project cost.
Mohammed said the State Task Group on sanitation had certified 130 communities in the two local government areas as Open Defecation Free communities.
“UNICEF would pay N649 million while the state and local governments are to pay a counterpart funds of N374 million for execution of the projects against May 2018 date line,” Mohammad said.
