The Oyo State Government has inaugurated the Oyo State Sustainable Urban and Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (OYO-SURWASH) Steering Committee as a part of efforts to make sure efficient implementation of the newly signed and adopted Oyo State Urban Sanitation Policy.
The inauguration, which passed off on the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Conference Hall, was presided over by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Ademola Aderinto, who additionally serves as chairman of the Committee.
Speaking, Aderinto defined that the committee was established to make sure the realisation of the aims and features of the OYO-SURWASH Programme.
He emphasised that water provide, sanitation and hygiene had been collective duties that required an inter ministerial and multi stakeholder strategy, reasonably than being left solely to the Ministry of Environment.
He added that SURWASH program gives an funding pushed framework able to attracting collaboration, bettering sanitation and delivering significant advantages to residents by way of improved public well being, properly being, productiveness and life expectancy.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Sunday Akinwale Moradeyo, serves as Vice Chairman, whereas the Director Environmental Health Services/Sanitation, Sanitarian Areo Bukola Oluseun, is the Secretary of the Committee.
Membership includes commissioners and representatives of related stakeholder ministries and businesses, non governmental organisations (NGOs) and the personal sector, reflecting the federal government’s dedication to inclusive participation and coordinated motion in reaching sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene providers throughout the state.
The managing director of Zero diploma and Solutions Limited and consultant of the Oyo State Young Professionals Programme(YPP) on the Steering Committee, Mr. Abduganiyu Abdulateef Olanrewaju, counseled the state authorities for the initiative, reaffirming the dedication of personal sector companions to assist the profitable implementation of OYO-SURWASH.
He disclosed that his organisation had been collaborating with the state authorities on initiatives aimed toward bettering public sanitation, together with the availability of public bathroom services throughout the state.
He additional revealed that the federal government had just lately authorized the development of over 40 items of public bathrooms throughout the 5 geopolitical zones of Oyo State, noting that implementation would start quickly as a part of efforts to realize the aims of the OYO-SURWASH Programme.
In their separate goodwill messages, representatives of the commissioners current pledged their respective ministries’ and businesses’ dedication to contributing their quota in the direction of the profitable implementation of the coverage and the efficient discharge of the committee’s mandate.
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