Enugu State has reached another milestone in its quest to revamp and restructure the state’s WASH sector for optimal WASH services delivery by successfully transitioning the WASH Units across all the seventeen (17) Local Government Councils in the state to WASH Department
In a letter dated, 23rd October 2024, and addressed to all the newly elected 17 Local government Chair, the State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah approved the upgrade of the WASH Units to full fledged Departments that will have the same status as the other seven (7) departments in the Local Government Councils.
Prior to this approval, some of the WASH interventions at the Local Government level were carried out by WASH Units, which were under the Department of Health. However, with this new status, all rural water, sanitation and hygiene projects will be domiciled in the department.
The newly established WASH Department is saddled with the following responsibilities:
- Ensure the delivery of appropriate interventions by both direct provision of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promotion in liaison with local and international partners.
- Locate, document, monitor and supervise all the state WASH assets in the respective LGAs. The WASH Department is to interface with all partners with the oversight of Enugu State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (ENRUWASSA).
This development is another step taken by the state government towards strengthening the WASH systems at the local government level.
