The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has warned that the lives of nearly 600 million children globally would be at risk in 2040 as a result of water stress. The Fund also noted that in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, the three states most directly affected by conflict, almost 4 million required water, sanitation and hygiene assistance. It lamented that 192 out of 450 health facilities, ranging from hospitals to basic public health care centres, had been completely destroyed in Borno, the hardest hit state. Speaking at a programme marking the World Water Day, Geoffrey Ijumba, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Maiduguri Field Office, in a goodwill message on the event, revealed that in the northeast of Nigeria, with funding support from donors, UNICEF was working with government and development partners to provide water and sanitation facilities in internally displaced persons’ camps and host communities to address the water needs of the people Borno. He said on this year’s world water day, UNICEF launched a report: Thirsting for a Future: Water and children in a changing climate. The report highlights the adverse effects of a changing climate on water sources and its impact on the lives of children. According to Ijumba, the report further elaborated that the lives of nearly 600 million children will be at risk in 2040 as a result of water…