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Despite Oil Wealth, UAE Provides Potable Water For Abuja Communities

Despite Oil Wealth, UAE Provides Potable Water For Abuja Communities

In yet another reminder of the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said many places and people across Nigeria lack clean and potable water.

Daily post reports that this is despite funds earmarked annually for water projects in the country.

UAE Deputy Ambassador, Khalifa Al- Mehrezi, spoke on Friday at the commissioning a borehole project in L.E.A Primary School in Dutse Baupma, Bwari Area of Abuja.

Al- Mehrezi explained that the outreach was informed by a lack of access to clean and potable water in some rural communities in the country.

β€œThis particular project was as …