By Tosin Kolade
Nigerian Government has called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to unite towards enhancing access to clean water in the region.
Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, said this at the 5th Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee (MMC) of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa on Friday in Abuja.
Utsev said West Africa was blessed with abundant water resources, and commended the Water Resources Management Centre (WRMC) for choosing Nigeria to host the meeting.
According to him, if properly harnessed and coordinated, it will serve as a cornerstone for development, impacting positively on health, education, tourism, food security and energy.
“However, lack of proper coordination will lead to underdevelopment and conflict among countries because activities of one country at the upstream could constitute danger to other countries downstream.
“Permit me at…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
