Oyogist.com has gathered that the World Bank of Nigeria has approved a whopping sum of $700 million credit for the Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme (SURWASH) project in Nigeria.
The credit seeks to provide not less than six million people with basic drinking water services alongside 1.4 million people, access to improved sanitation services.
In 2019, approximately 60 million Nigerians were living without access to basic drinking water services, 80 million without access to improved sanitation facilities and 167 million without access to a basic handwashing facility.
“In rural areas, 39 per cent of households lack access to at least, basic water supply services, while only half have access to improved sanitation and almost a third (29 per cent) practice open defecation, a fraction that has marginally changed since 1990,” a statement from the bank read.
