
Nigeria's Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has urged water engineers to drive innovation, strengthen governance and ensure sustainable management of the country's water resources. According to Leadership newspaper, he called on the engineers to harness digital technologies, remote sensing, artificial intelligence, real-time monitoring systems, and modern hydrological and hydrogeological tools, while also improving data management systems to transform the water sector and support national water security.
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