The Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC) has formed a strategic partnership with the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) to ensure NGSA’s technical outputs directly support NIWRMC’s regulatory functions.
The Executive Director, NIWRMC, Dr. Abdulmumini Aminu Zaria stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Director General of NGSA in Abuja.
Dr. Aminu-Zaria said that “we need to establish data sharing protocols and interoperable databases to link hydrological, geological and regulatory information and to provide geotechnical and hydrological assessments to guide NIWRMC’s regulatory decisions on water infrastructure”.
He noted that he wants to “combine NGSA’s assessment of geogenic contaminants with NIWRMC’s monitoring to create a comprehensive water quality surveillance system.”
Still speaking, Dr Aminu-Zaria explained that NIWRMC wants to “jointly monitor and map geological hazards to inform NIWRMC’s regulatory plans for flood and drought management.”
“We need to launch joint pilot projects in selected catchments to conduct ground water assessment and urban water sustainability studies,” he said.
The Executive Director requested that the two organizations “conduct a joint training and establish a technical working group to build capacity in integrated water geology management and formalize the partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding and a Joint Technical Committee.”
The Director General, Nigerian Geographical Survey Agency, Professor Olusegun Omoniyi Ige while responding said NGSA has the capacity to support NIWRMC to deliver on it’s mandate.
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Fatimah Yusuf
Head (Press and PR)
8/10/2025
