Water & Sanitation

The Federal Government has declared Ikom and Yala Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Cross River State open defecation free (ODF). The declaration was made at a news conference held in Calabar, the state capital, on Thursday, December 13, 2018 by the state Ministry of Water Resources. Speaking at the occasion, the Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, who was ...

Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 called on governments at all levels to ensure access to adequate water supply and sanitation. Adamu made the call at the inauguration of the Kamomi Aketi Accelerated Water Scheme at Ogbese in Akure North Local Government in Ondo State. He explained that the consequences of lack of access ...

The Federal Government on Monday, December 10, 2018 urged Nigerians to adopt environmental sanitation measures to reduce breeding of mosquitoes and prevent malaria. Dr Audu Mohammed, the National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), gave the advice at the Fourth Quarter Media Chat in Abuja. Mohammed, who was represented by Mr Chukwu Okoronkwo, Head of Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation, ...

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has donated 50 public toilets to the Kogi State Government. Director of Sanitation in the Ministry of Environment, Mr Aaron Zakari, disclosed this on Thursday, December 6, 2018 in Lokoja, the state capital, during a town hall meeting organised by the Justice, Development and Peace Development Commission (JDPC). Zakari, who said that the ...

The world Bank has donated $65 million to support Bauchi State urban water rehabilitation scheme. The Task Team Leader of the Bank in Nigeria, Dr Jamal Alkairy, disclosed this when he led stakeholders in the water sector on a courtesy call to the state’s Deputy Governor, Mr. Audu Katagum, in Bauchi, the state capital, on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Jamal said the ...

A brand-new national water policy, an innovative water law and a foreign intervention running into millions of Euros now typify the hitherto sluggish water sector in Benin Republic. Courtesy of the Global Water Partnership (GWP), the West African nation has developed an effective Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) plan, which was facilitated by GWP Benin (the Country Water Partnership), with ...

“We go to the stream, we don’t have water here, even toilets; we usually use the bush. A woman was bitten by a snake while defecating in the bush and another one was bitten when she went to pick firewood for cooking. “We want the government to help us, especially on these toilet and water issues. Some women urinate anywhere ...

The Global Rights, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has described lack of access to potable water as “the greatest threat” to Nigeria’s security. It has thus called for a holistic approach to water resource management in the country. Ms Abiodun Baiyewu, Executive Director of Global Rights, made the assertion at a stakeholders’ engagement dialogue with the theme: “Contextualising Nigeria’s Resource Management in Mining and ...

The Managing Director, Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority, Mr Salihu Ahmed, has urged Ondo Government to speed up processes to reticulate water from the completed Owena Multipurpose Dam for the benefit of the populace. Ahmed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that it was saddening to note that the completed dam, which has not the capacity of ...

As part of its World Toilet Day declaration, the Lagos State Government is finalising implementation plans concerning its Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) policy. Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, made this known during the celebration of the 2018 World Toilet Day in Lagos on Monday, November 19, 2018. The commissioner said that the policy (WASH) was envisaged to complement ...