‘Humanitarian crises worsen in Zamfara’Poor access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) by residents of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states has been identified as a major reason the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) coughed out $9,978,800 to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The amount, as stated yesterday in Jalingo, Taraba State by UNICEF, is to support the Nigerian government’s initiative to improve WASH services in the three North West states. If well utilised, the fund is believed to go a long way to provide life-saving WASH services to more than 300,000 people in need. At press time, Sokoto and Kebbi were reportedly at the lowest levels of access to basic water services in the country – at 38 and 39 per cent respectively. MÉDECINS Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has said the rising violence in Zamfara is causing unprecedented humanitarian crisis and increasing cases of sexual violence in the state.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2021 03:45 UTC