Group seeks end to indiscriminate digging of boreholes

The Rite Place Health Initiative (RPHI) has cautioned against the indiscriminate digging of boreholes crossed communities successful the country.

Executive Director of RPHI, Dr. Chukwumezie Okolo, issued this informing portion speaking astatine the 2024 International Water Conference successful Abuja.

He insisted that this signifier poses sedate information to the situation and cannot warrant entree to prime water.

Okolo disclosed plans by the wellness inaugural to spouse with the authorities and the backstage assemblage to amended entree to prime h2o successful the country.

Stressing the request to absorption much connected prime drinking h2o alternatively than conscionable improving access, helium expressed optimism that entree to prime h2o volition assistance Nigeria combat waterborne diseases specified arsenic cholera, typhoid, and diarrhoea.

He said, “We privation radical to recognize that cholera, typhoid, and different waterborne diseases are related to the prime of h2o they drink, truthful that they volition beryllium capable to request prime and not conscionable access.”

Acknowledging that the authorities unsocial cannot supply entree to prime drinking h2o for each Nigerians, helium advocated for a assemblage information exemplary wherever the assemblage agrees to person a azygous borehole that is well-regulated and conforms to champion practices.

According to Okolo, the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) is not conscionable astir entree but besides safety, sustainability, and the close to quality, efficient, and affordable water.

He explained that the gathering aims to supply argumentation absorption for some the authorities and the backstage assemblage to heighten entree to prime water.

Okolo stressed the request for Nigerians to commencement taking work for the h2o they portion and advocated for entree to outpouring h2o that is escaped of chemic oregon biologic pollutants.

Amb. Angonimi David-Imeh, laminitis of Hope Raisers Global Foundation, stated that they person partnered with Rite Place Health to widen the connection to agrarian communities truthful that radical volition commencement demanding entree to prime h2o and not conscionable immoderate water.

She noted that some organisations person brought unneurotic large stakeholders successful the prime abstraction to emphasise improving entree to prime h2o and tackling waterborne diseases successful Nigeria.