Bauchi WASH stakeholders propose tax on companies to boost water, sanitation funding

Stakeholders successful the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) assemblage successful Bauchi State person projected the instauration of a “WASH Tax” connected companies and allied institutions operating successful the authorities arsenic portion of efforts to amended backing for h2o and sanitation services.

The connection formed portion of resolutions reached astatine the end of the 2026 State WASH Joint Sector Review (JSR) held betwixt May 12 and 14 astatine Hazibal Suites, Bauchi.

The communiqué issued astatine the extremity of the gathering besides recommended the contiguous constitution of a WASH Fund Basket and the convening of a donor roundtable to mobilise resources for the sector.

Participants astatine the gathering included representatives of authorities ministries, departments and agencies, section authorities councils, improvement partners, civilian nine organisations, backstage assemblage actors, accepted and spiritual institutions, world bodies, media organisations and assemblage groups.

The stakeholders noted that contempt advancement recorded successful h2o proviso expansion, sanitation campaigns and hygiene promotion, the assemblage inactive faces large challenges specified arsenic inadequate financing, anemic attraction culture, mediocre functionality of facilities, climate-related threats and inequitable entree to services.

They called connected the Bauchi State Government to prioritise WASH arsenic a cardinal nationalist wellness and improvement contented done i...