AfDB to spend $29.54 million on water, sanitation, hygiene in Gombe State    

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources is investing $29.54 million for the improvement of rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene in Gombe State under the Federal Government’s Inclusive Basic Service Delivery and Livelihood Empowerment Integrated Programme in the Northeast.

National Coordinator of the Programme, John Mamza, stated this during the sensitization, advocacy and mobilization workshop for critical stakeholders in Gombe state, held at Custodian Hotel Gombe.

He said the programme is aimed at recovering and rebuilding to a better state, water supply, sanitation and hygiene infrastructures that were destroyed by activities of Boko Haram insurgents.

According to him, the programme is specifically to improve the quality of life by increasing access of the poor and vulnerable to basic social services in water, sanitation, hygiene, health and education as well as livelihood opportunities for food security and strengthened safety net systems in affected states of the Northeast.

He explained that the programme has three components that include Service delivery, economic delivery and institutional strengthening and project management.

He said the programme will see to the rehabilitation and construction of infrastructures on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) that include schools and health facilities. Other infrastructures to be created include mini dams (earth dams/dug outs) for irrigation and rural electrification.

Also to benefit in the infrastructure development programme are creation of sanitation facilities in public places such as markets and motor parks and other environmental infrastructures.