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Water & Sanitation

Reps call for water infrastructure audit across Nigeria

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to carry out a comprehensive audit on water infrastructure across the country. This was sequel...

Michael Simire - November 27, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Buhari signs executive order to make Nigeria open defecation-free by 2025

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 in Abuja signed Executive Order 009 entitled: “The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order, 2019”. The...

Michael Simire - November 20, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Toilet Day: Govts urged to provide eco-friendly sanitary facilities

Environment Minister of State, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, has advised stakeholders and government at all levels to ensure Nigerians have access to eco-friendly sanitary facilities. Ikeazor, who gave...

Michael Simire - November 20, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Akwapim South school girls in Ghana benefit from reusable pads initiative

All things being normal in the female reproductive system, one of the things that every growing up girl will experience is menstruation. And yet for most...

Michael Simire - November 18, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Group clamours framework on faecal sludge management to save sanitation workers

WaterAid, an international non-governmental organisation, focused on water, sanitation and hygiene, has called for the development of a framework on faecal sludge management in Nigeria, even...

Michael Simire - November 17, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Govt builds, upgrades water plants in Kwara

The Federal Government on Thursday, November 14, 2019 in Ilorin inaugurated two million cubic metres water plants in Malete, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The...

Michael Simire - November 15, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Katsina declares State of Emergency on water, sanitation

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has declared a State of Emergency to address the decline in water, sanitation and hygiene services in the state. Masari who...

Michael Simire - November 14, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Sanitation crisis may undermine SDG 2030, warns Abubakar

Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, has said that, if allowed to continue, the present sanitation crisis will undermine the overreaching ambition of the 2030 Sustainable...

Michael Simire - November 12, 2019

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