The State Government says it is committed to achieving ninety per cent access to water supply and sanitation reform policy by 2026.
The Programme Manager of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency RUWASSA, Mr Victor Ezekwo stated this in an interview with Newsmen in Awka.
According to him, the State Government has already achieved ninety per cent access to water and eighty-five per cent access to sanitation in Awka North and South as well as Aguata Local Government Areas under the joint partnership of the State and UNICEF.
He also added that government would ensure payment of its counterpart fund of three hundred and nine million naira, representing thirty per cent, while UNICEF will pay seven hundred and fifty million naira or seventy per cent of the project costs.
Mr Ezekwo said the Task Force on sanitation had certified one hundred and thirty communities in the two Local Government Areas free from open defecation.
He said in appreciation of the state performance, UNICEF approved extension of the programme to Dunukofia Local Government Area with construction of hand pumps, bore holes, solar boreholes and toilet facilities.
He expressed confidence that the state and Local Governments would meet their financial obligations in settling its counterpart fund.
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