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Water & Sanitation

Govt seeks collaborative efforts to promote handwashing culture

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has called for collaborative efforts from all stakeholders to promote the culture of handwashing in the...

Michael Simire - October 15, 2021

Water & Sanitation

Handwashing Day: Global access to handwashing will gulp $11bn – Report

Just 10 days of smartphone sales would cover the $11billion cost of ensuring everyone in the poorest countries could wash their hands with soap and water at home by 2030, WaterAid said on Friday,...

Michael Simire - October 15, 2021

Water & Sanitation

Access to sanitation, hygiene safeguards public health, says Ikeazor

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2021 Global Handwashing Day, the Minister of State, Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, has...

Michael Simire - October 14, 2021

Water & Sanitation

CSO seeks implementation of water, sanitation fund for Nigeria

A civil society organisation (CSO), the Society for Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN), has called for implementation of a national fund targeted at programmes and...

Michael Simire - October 14, 2021

Water & Sanitation

Africa water activists resist corporate privatisation as World Bank meets

Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the “Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition” have called on African governments to reject water privatisation and...

Michael Simire - October 13, 2021

Water & Sanitation

Groups march on Lagos ministry, demand end to water privatisation

Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the Our Water Our Right movement have called on the Lagos State Government to reject...

Michael Simire - October 11, 2021

Water & Sanitation

Kano approves N137bn for water supply, others

The Kano State Government has approved N137 billion for the provision of potable water in Gaya to combat cholera and to address other challenges. Commissioner...

Michael Simire - October 10, 2021

Water & Sanitation

Cholera outbreak: Govt, donors urged to increase investment in water, sanitation

Country Director, WaterAid Nigeria, Dr Evelyn Mere, has urged government and donors to step up their investments in water, sanitation and hygiene, to tackle...

Michael Simire - October 7, 2021

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