Water & Sanitation

Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, and the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on collaborative funding of the Gombe Regional Water Supply Project. Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, and the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu The MoU is aimed at actualising the rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion of the 50 million litres per ...

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, says that protection of water catchments in Nigeria, especially in densely populated areas is no longer an option but a requirement. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu Adamu stated this while delivering a keynote address at the National Validation workshop on the “Draft National Water Source Protection Policy 2020” in Abuja. He ...

The Heineken Foundation Africa has extended its partnership with WaterAid to support its second phase of its Scale-Up Hygiene project. Evelyn Mere, WaterAid Nigeria Country Director WaterAid, an international NGO, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday, August 2, 2021 in Lagos. According to it, the project was initially launched by WaterAid Nigeria in 2020 as part of its ...

The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed a bill that will improve water supply and sanitation services in the state. Enugu The bill, tagged “The right access to basic water and sanitation services’’, was passed on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 during plenary in Enugu, the state capital. Leading a debate on the bill, the leader of the assembly, Mr Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, said the state ...

Nigeria has begun the processes to adopt eco-hydrological solutions and innovations to address water challenges. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu Eco-hydrology uses the understanding of relationships between hydrological human influences to improve water security, enhance biodiversity and further opportunities for sustainable water resources development. This was disclosed on Monday, July 26, 2021 by Mr John Ochigbo, Director, River Basin ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Taraba has called on the state government to support the national sanitation embarked upon by the corps to tackle flooding and other environmental challenges in the state. Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State Mr Anthony Nzoka, the State Coordinator of the NYSC, made the call at the inauguration of the 2021 NYSC national sanitation ...

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has identified environmental sanitation as one of the key requirements for prevention of diseases in the country. NYSC Director General. Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim Ibrahim said this at the kick-off of the 2021 NYSC National Environmental Sanitation exercise on Saturday, July 24, 2021 in Akure, Ondo State. ...

The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have urged the National Assembly to reject attempts by the promoters of the stepped down version of the National Water Bill to re-present it with the same contentious provisions in the hallowed chamber. The Nigeria National Assembly ...

Some landlords in major towns in Ekiti State have begun to construct toilets in their premises in compliance with the state government’s policy to check open defecation. Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State Investigations revealed that, in Otun Ekiti, Ido Ekiti, Ikole Ekiti, Oye Ekiti and Ifaki Ekiti, among others in Ekiti North Senatorial District, many buildings were undergoing renovation ...

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Friday, July 16, 2021 in Benin City launched the “Clean Nigeria – Use the Toilet” campaign in a bid to end open defecation across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas by 2025. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Obaseki, who was represented by the Edo Head of Service, Mr Anthony Okungbowa, said that ...