The
Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has called for stringent
sensitization in communities. The Governor made the call today in Asaba when
the management team of United Nation Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) paid him
a courtesy visit.
According
to the Governor, "l believe that we need to create a proper forum,
adequate and proper advocacy, create institutions and partnership at the
community level to enable us achieve the goals of making our people imbibe good
sanitary habit."
"l
believe that whatever we do in the area of sanitation, advocacy is the way out
and encouraging our communities to buy in, we must make the communities
understand that the issue of sanitation and hygiene is good for them and when
that is accepted, it becomes easier for desired goals to be achieved," he
added.
Governor
Okowa reiterated, "we will re-invigorate the teaching of hygiene and
sanitation in our primary and secondary schools, we will add advocacy through
traditional rulers and opinion leaders within the communities and l think that
will help us voice whatever measures that will be put on ground."
He
assured the UNICEF team of state government's committment towards meeting up
with its counterpart funding.
The
Chief Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Officer of UNICEF, Mr. Kannan Nadar had in
an address, commended Delta State Government for its humanitarian support which
has helped to improve the progress of the state in the UNICEF rating explaining
that "Delta State have a good human resources capital but the government
should give more priority to sanitation and hygiene."
He
said that it was important that all local government in the state have access
to potable water and good hygiene adding that the organization would give the
state technical support.
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