The President of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) has called on African countries to appropriately place water at the top of their socioeconomic development agenda.

Carl Schlettwein made the call at the closing of the 13th Ordinary Session of the Executive Committee of AMCOW in Windhoek today.

The Namibian Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform stressed that the economic value of water is irreplaceable as no socioeconomic development is possible without it.