Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme Impact in Nigeria

N.I. Obine¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.1 , pp.37-42, Jan-2021

Online published on Jan 31, 2021

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Abstract :
Water is a vital commodity for sustaining life, aiding the existence of an ecosystem in all its forms and location. Water is said to occupy 80% of the human body, 80% in fish, and over 60%, in the bodies of mammal birds and reptiles. The earth-surface is covered by over two-third of water while less than ? are taken by land, a tiny 3% of the water on the earth surface are drinkable; leaving the earth with a huge challenge of sourcing drinkable water. This form one of the challenges facing Africa; postulating that a near 50% of Africans will be living under water scarcity by year 2025. Research was focused on the people in Utagba-Uno Community at Delta State of Nigeria to determine the impact of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project executed by a consortium of organizations. The research paper evolved the use of primary and secondary data, analysis subjected to the use of tables and frequency distribution that informed a conclusion and recommendations. The study showed the impact of wash programme with relationship to the alleviation of water shortage, reduced mileage in sourcing of clean water, resulting in punctuality to various places of institutions and economic activities by all and sundry. This Study is significant as users shall have accessible report adjudged to the level of actualization of the sustainable development goals number six ‘Clean Water and Sanitation’.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Clean Water, Sanitation, Policy, Sustainable development goals, Sanitation

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