The Director General National Orientation Agency, Mr. Mike Omeri has commended the Minister of Water Resources Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe for improving access to portable water by the citizenry.
Mr. Omeri made the commendation when he paid an advocacy visit to the Minister in her office in Abuja on Thursday, as part of the efforts to campaign for peace during the 2015 general election tagged “DO THE RIGTH THINGS –WAGE PEACE.”
The acronym WAGEPEACE according to Mr. Omeri was adopted to sensitize the general public on the need to ensure peace rather than waging war against one another.
He said National Orientation Agency (NOA) had been watching with keen interest the activities of the Water Resources Ministry, and available evidence has shown that there were great improvements on the access to portable water in the country.
“This is a clear indication that the leadership of Mrs. Ochekpe under the present administration was providing fruitful result to the general public”, he expressed.
Omeri said, based on this, the Agency decided to decorate the Hon. Minister and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry as Ambassadors of Peace in Nigeria as part of the ongoing campaign for peace and harmonious relations among Nigerians citizenry.
In her remarks the Minister said the present administration had work hard to improve the level of water coverage in Nigeria.
She explained that at the inception of the administration, water coverage in Nigeria was initially at about 58 % but has currently increased the water coverage to about 67 % nationally.
She assured the DG that Ministry would continue to do her best in providing portable water to the society.
At the end of the event the Hon. Minister of Water Resources and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Mr. Itifanus Musa were decorated as “Ambassadors of Peace in Nigeria”.
