Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources and WaterAid Nigeria have joined forces to ensure that residents of Lagos have increased access to potable water supply by the end of 2025. During an interactive session, Mr. Adegbite Mahmood, Permanent…
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and nine other rights organisations in seven African countries have demanded that the Ghanaian government immediately halt the ongoing poisoning of water bodies, lands, aquatic/marine life and human health by illegal miners. In…
Story Highlights Grant Amount: $841,217 Recipient Organizations: Seven CSOs, including the Clean Borehole Water Sellers Association of Lagos, Youth Empowerment Foundation, Optimal Greening Foundation, and Lagos Civil Society Participation for Development (LACSOP) Project Objectives: Strengthen sustainability, deliver safe water, sanitation,…
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the Lagos State Government for allegedly pushing a single policy direction, which is to privatise water utilities without considering alternative management models, to the detriment of disadvantaged communities within the state.…
…Calls for Investment in Public Water Supply A cholera outbreak has spread across 25 states in Nigeria, including Lagos, with 1,141 suspected cases and 30 deaths reported so far this year. The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) warns…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $6 million to the African Water Facility, to support the operationalization of the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII) – a new financing window dedicated to improving sanitation in African urban cities.…
By Abiodun Busari | WaterAid Nigeria has disclosed that it is committed to reaching 10 million people with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene projects in the next five years from now. The charity organisation dedicated to transforming the lives of the…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has said that more than 2 billion people do not have safe drinking water the globe as it warned that water scarcity looms due to increasing climate change. UN agency made…
The 2020 Clean Water Project closed out with borehole commissioning ceremonies and the formal handover to stakeholders and beneficiaries as project stewards, marking an important milestone in the sustainable provision of water supply in underserved communities. The project which was…
Accountability Lab Nigeria is creating opportunities for young people to participate and contribute to enhancing peace and social cohesion in their communities through the organization’s peace and social cohesion (PSC) innovation challenge supported by the UNDP Nigeria office. The…
