Regional workshop on water security ends today in Abuja

A three-day inter-regional workshop aimed at strengthening south-south cooperation in providing solutions to water security in Africa is being rounded off in Abuja today. Water resources experts, scientists from Asia, the pacific and Africa are participating in the workshop, which was jointly organised by the National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna and the UNESCO regional office […]

A three-day inter-regional workshop aimed at strengthening south-south cooperation in providing solutions to water security in Africa is being rounded off in Abuja today.

Water resources experts, scientists from Asia, the pacific and Africa are participating in the workshop, which was jointly organised by the National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna and the UNESCO regional office in Abuja.

Declaring the workshop open, Nigeria’s Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman H. Adamu, reminded the participants that sustainable water solutions, whether at the local, regional and global levels, require creativity, new scientific knowledge, discoveries and innovations through scientific co-operations.

He charged the participants to collaborate on implementing innovative ideas that can improve the sustainable management of water resources in Africa

The minister assured that Nigeria’s government would implement all recommendations made at the workshop for appropriate framework and work plan for promoting water security.

In his remark, Executive Director, National Water Resource Institute, Kaduna, Dr. E.A Adanu, said the workshop was the fourth of such and called on UNESCO and other bodies that deal with water-related issues to continue to forge collaborative partnership aimed at bringing development to the sub-region.

 Participants at the workshop hoped its outcome would be implemented by the relevant stakeholders in order to curb water scarcity in the continent.