Govt partners USAID on water hygiene

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Govt partners USAID on water hygiene

The Lagos State Government has said it is partnering the United States Agency for International Development on the implementation of the Lagos Urban Water and Sanitation Hygiene initiative.

The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission, Mrs. Funke Adepoju, revealed this during a recent meeting with the LUWASH team in Alausa, Ikeja, according to a statement on Wednesday.

“I am optimistic that when the regulatory commission, through the support of LUWASH, is properly positioned in the water sector with clearly defined roles, consumers will get potable water, value for money and an enabling environment for investors for cost recovery,” Adepoju said.

The team leader and Chief of Party of LUWASH, James Racicot, stressed that the goal of the partnership was to increase the availability and sustainable management of safe water in Lagos State by improving the performance of public and private service providers, strengthening the legal and regulatory framework, enhancing the capacity of sector institutions to upscale accountability and transparency, according to the statement.

Racicot said, “An important aspect of the partnership is to conduct citywide household surveys on water, sanitation and hygiene services. We intend to work with LASWARCO to develop processes to retrain technical staff to enforce service providers compliance while exploring collaboration to improve the quality of sources of water.”