THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 4,500 people in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau will benefit from recently inaugurated solar motorised improved water and sanitation facilities. Hawkins said the communal solar-driven motorised Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities constructed in school included gender segregated latrines and a hand pump. According to him, the WASH facilities built with support from the European Union (EU) will go a long way toward ensuring that every child in Nigeria has access to safe WASH services. He said that access to WASH services would help to keep children in school. He said that only 11 per cent of the populace had access to complete basic water, sanitation and hygiene services.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 27, 2019 12:22 UTC