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Govt demands collaborative efforts to end open defecation

Minster of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has stressed the need for collaborative efforts of every Nigerian to end open defecation in the country. Adamu made the...

Michael Simire - November 12, 2019

Water & Sanitation

World Bank supports Bauchi urban water project

The Managing Director of Bauchi State Water and Sewerage Corporation (BSWSC), Mr Aliyu Gital, says the World Bank is supporting the state government in expanding its urban...

Michael Simire - November 7, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Groups vow to resist water privatisation in Plateau, Bauchi

The Bauchi and Plateau state governments have been told to back-off from planned privatisation in the water sector. The groups that made the call at stakeholder...

Michael Simire - November 7, 2019

Water & Sanitation

3,000 communities certified open defecation free in Katsina

About 3,000 communities in Katsina State have been certified Open Defecation Free (ODF) by UNICEF, following success recorded by the Sanitation, Hygiene and Water in Nigeria...

Michael Simire - November 4, 2019

Water & Sanitation

WaterAid disseminates analysis of urban sanitation in Nigeria

With a WASH NORM 2019 report which indicates that 24.4 per cent of Nigeria’s total population (47 million) still practice open defecation, an international NGO, WaterAid...

Michael Simire - November 1, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Nigeria is world’s No. 1 in open defecation – Minister

The Federal Government says Nigeria now ranks number one in the world with people practicing open defecation. Mr Suleiman Adamu, the Minister, Ministry of Water Resources, disclosed...

Michael Simire - October 29, 2019

Water & Sanitation

Crusaders urge Sanwo-Olu not to privatise Lagos water

Civil society, labour and grassroots groups have demanded that Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State should halt its plans to privatise water. The campaigners, who made...

admin - October 24, 2019

Water & Sanitation

UNESCO urges African leaders to invest in SDG 6

By the close of Friday October 18, 2019, the 2019 Climate Chance Summit taking place at the International Conference Centre, Accra in Ghana will end with...

admin - October 18, 2019

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