The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has accused some Nigerians of using the Water Resources Bill as a political tool to wage war against the Muhammadu Buhari-led adminstration, IgbereTV reports
The water bill had caused heated controversy since it was presented again at the National Assembly for re-consideration.
A lot of Nigerians had interpreted the bill as a sinister scheme to grab the waterways and reassign them to Fulani pastoralists.
Speaking to State House Correspondents after the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, Suleiman urged Nigerians to allow the National Assembly do due diligence on the bill.
He noted that the law-making arm was charged with the sole responsibility of making laws and must be allowed to do the needful on the bill
