Water & Sanitation

Water & Sanitation

Stemming the tide of open defecation: The Kwara approach

Globally, Nigeria is ranked second after India on the rung of countries with the highest prevalent rate of open defecation practice, and the first...
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Water & Sanitation

Gombe moves to end open defecation by 2025

The Gombe State Government, in a bid to end open defecation by 2025, has declared a state of emergency on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene...
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Examining Nigeria’s water and sanitation sector in COVID-19 era

The relevance of water to Nigeria’s national development is very pivotal to population growth, urbanisation and increased efforts at agriculture and industrial development. This relevance...
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Water & Sanitation

FEC approves N32.4bn for water, road projects in FCT

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 approved N32.4 billion for the completion of some...
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Water & Sanitation

Kaduna to spend N2.8bn on water, sanitation, hygiene in 2021

The Kaduna State Government has earmarked the sum of N2.8 billion to be spent on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in 2021 under...
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Water & Sanitation

Lagos water corporation staff tackle management over infrastructural decay, unpaid emoluments

Workers of the Lagos State Water Corporation are up against the organisation’s management in Ijora over neglected infrastructure, unpaid salaries and government’s unkept promises. The...
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Water & Sanitation

Oyo to end open defecation before 2025

The Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun, says the state is committed to ending open defecation across the state before the...
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Water & Sanitation

UN, WSSCC give $2.5m to six states to improve hygiene

The United Nations (UN) Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) have provided $2.5 million for the implementation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)...
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