78 million children in Nigeria are exposed to the highest risk from a convergence of three water related threats, namely inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene; related diseases and climate hazards.
This was revealed by United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF , ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York , from March 22 to 24, 2023, which will be co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands.
In the new UNICEF analysis, one-third of children do not have access to at least, basic water at home, and two-thirds do not have basic sanitation services with limited hand hygiene with three -quarters of children unable to wash their hands due to lack of water and soap at home. The report also said that Nigeria is one of the 10 countries that record deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH , such as diarrhoeal diseases.
UNICEF Nigeria Chief of WASH, Dr Jane Bevan mentioned that it is necessary for the country to rapidly scale- up investment in the sector, including from global climate financing, strengthen climate resilience in the WASH sector and communities, increase effective and accountable system coordination and capacities to provide water and sanitation services and implement the UN Water SDG six Global Acceleration Framework.
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