Sustainable water and sanitation committees

Water and Sanitation Committees which emerged as a result of the establishment of Community Water and Sanitation Agency have no doubt achieved remarkable successes in both water and sanitation promotion, environmental improvement, and awareness creation in terms of health and hygiene education in general. In spite of the successes chalked, some problems abound which threatens the very existence of the committees. Some committees have totally gone out of operation, while others are dormant and a few others operating partially. A study I undertook in hundred (100) communities in four districts revealed some reasons for such set backs in WATSAN Committees.