The Plateau State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Idi Waziri has said that the state government has initiated the process of establishing two water agencies to boost portable water supply availability to residents of the state. Waziri was speaking in Jos during the inauguration of an inter-ministerial committee towards the national launching of the EU Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform project.

The commissioner said that an 11-man committee headed by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs Hannatu Dantong, has three weeks to submit its report. He added that the projects were part of the efforts of the state government to meet the conditions outlined by the European Union( EU) as a means of ensuring water potable availability.

The Plateau State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Idi Waziri has said that the state government has initiated the process of establishing two water agencies to boost portable water supply availability to residents of the state. Waziri was speaking in Jos during the inauguration of an inter-ministerial committee towards the national launching of the EU Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform project.

The commissioner said that an 11-man committee headed by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs Hannatu Dantong, has three weeks to submit its report. He added that the projects were part of the efforts of the state government to meet the conditions outlined by the European Union( EU) as a means of ensuring water potable availability.

He said “The government is in the process of establishing the Small Town Water Supply Agency (STWSA) and the Rural Water Supply Agency (RWSA). The STWSA, when established, will provide services in the semi-urban centres mostly in the local government headquarters of the state. This measure will boost the availability of potable water in these areas while the RWSA will provide services in the rural areas of the state.”

The commissioner said that Plateau and two other states were selected for the implementation of the EU reform programme with the state serving as the headquarters due to the government’s relentless investment in the water sector. He said that Riyom and Shendam local governments will serve as pilot projects.

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Water supply to be boosted by new agencies in Plateau