UN-Habitat and SIDA deliver six completed COVID-19 Response WASH projects in Karu, Nigeria
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Karu, Nigeria, 22 April 2021 - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene facilities have been completed and handed over to communities in Karu Local Government Area on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja, under a project funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and implemented by UN-Habitat.
The project is part of UN-Habitat Regional Office for Africa’s COVID-19 Response and Resilient Recovery strategy, in partnership with Tulsi Chanrai Foundation and the Karu Local Government.
At a ceremony held in Karu to mark the handing-over of the facilities, the State Governor Abdullahi Sule, represented by the State Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport Chief Phillip Dada, stressed that “Water is Life,” and pledged the administration’s commitment to build on the project to expand the provision of urban basic services and guarantee a healthier life for resident