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Association Seeks Political Will For Water Roadmap
Mr Oladimeji Muse, General Secretary, Nigeria Water and Sanitation Association (NIWASA), on Wednesday in Lagos urged the government to show enough political will in creating access to potable water.
Muse, who spoke against the backdrop of the inauguration of a roadmap for the country’s water sector by President Goodluck Jonathan, noted that policy summersault had been a challenge.
Jonathan had on January 17 in Abuja inaugurated the roadmap aimed at making potable water available in communities across the country by 2015.
“Past administrations have always paid lip service to the issue of water supply in the country.
“Lack of continuity and policy summersaults had over the years been a major obstacle to government’s effort in giving Nigerians uninterrupted, clean water,” Muse told our correspondent.·
He added: “Although the new roadmap appears good in concept, government must for once show the political will to see water sector development policies through.
Muse also urged the government to expedite action on the construction of more dams to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on water and sanitation by 2015.
The NIWASA secretary decried what he called the harrowing experience of poor people in getting water because of its commercialisation by governments at all levels.
“The commercialisation of water and the search for it by the poor is affecting access to water. “Government should consider the population in a particular community in the course of implementing the roadmap.
“We should be able to project the population growth rate and their water consumption pattern when planning for the development of the sector,” Muse said.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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