Six new laboratories were under construction to
improve quality of water across the country.
Mr Samuel Ome, Director, Water Quality Control and Sanitation, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja during the week that the laboratories in the six geopolitical zones were being constructed to ensure better water quality for citizens.
He said that the six existing laboratories were inadequate due to the country`s large population.
``We have six operational laboratories; we are building additional six now; our target is that each state will have one, so that all together we will have 37 laboratories in the whole federation.
``In order to ascertain the quality of water consumed by the people, the need for more laboratories cannot be over-emphasised.
