Lagos ‘Shit Water’ Boreholes, Evidence of Government Failure, Says CAPPA
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has noted with concern, the recent remarks made by Mahmood Adegbite, Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources, acknowledging that residents of the Lekki Peninsula are “probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water” due to contaminated boreholes. In a statement on Sunday, CAPPA noted that […]
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CAPPA Engages Ekiti State Water Consumer Association
On Friday, 6th June 2025, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) brought together members of the Ekiti State Water Consumer Association (WCA) for a Community Water Parliament. The engagement was held as part of ongoing efforts to deepen public participation in water governance and to reflect on findings from CAPPA’s recently published report, Big […]
Lagos Water MOU Lacks Transparency, Says CAPPA
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has expressed deep concern over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Lagos State Government and the Belstar/ENKA consortium to rehabilitate and expand the state’s water infrastructure, saying the entire process and the outcome lacks transparency. In a statement, CAPPA noted that while the government touts […]
Book O’clock Review: Big Debts, Water and Thirsts
By Dr. Olayinka Oyegbile Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink – Samuel Taylor Coleridge “Water… e no get enemy…”, so sang Abami Eda Fela Anikulapo in one of his numerous songs. This holds a lot of wisdom. He crooned that there is nothing you want to do that you’ll not need water. […]
CAPPA Unveils Big Debt, Big Thirst Report
Following a months-long investigation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) on March 28, 2025, unveiled its latest report, Big Debts Big Thirst: A Case Study of World Bank-Supported Water Projects in Ekiti, Rivers, and Bauchi States. The report, presented to the media, civil society organisations and water rights activists from across the world via […]
CAPPA calls for cessation of privatisation of water services
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called for an immediate cessation of the privatisation of water services in Nigeria. The Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, made the call yesterday in Lagos at a media presentation of a new report titled: Big Debt, Big Thirst: A Case Study of World Bank Supported Projects in Ekiti, […]
CAPPA cautions Lagos about privatization of water
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has applauded the Lagos State Government for making great progress in funding vital water facilities throughout the state, particularly the Adiyan II Water Treatment Plant. According to a statement issued over the weekend by the Media & Communications Officer of CAPPA Robert Egbe who stated that, the project’s […]
Situating Community Participation in Water Governance
As part of the 2024 week of resistance against water privatisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) organised a community parliament at its Lagos office on October 23, 2024. The gathering brought together over fifty (50) locals from different communities in Lagos State—including Baruwa, Abule-Egba, Ajegunle, Iludun, Ago-Egun, and Oshodi-Mafoluku—alongside representatives from the Lagos […]
OWORAC Moves Against Govts’ Plans To Privatise Water In Africa
Water Justice Over Profit: Communities, civil society, and trade unionists from across Africa demand equitable access to safe water, free from the dangers of privatisation. OWORAC is a network of community leaders, civil society, and trade unionists from nearly a dozen African countries who have found a common cause in the movement against water privatisation […]
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Press Statement: Fourth Annual Africa Week of Resistance Against Water Privatisation Kicks Off
Today marks the commencement of the fourth annual Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation, an initiative of the Our Water, Our Right African Coalition (OWORAC), aimed at uplifting the urgent need to address the continent’s water crises and exposing the dangers that privatisation and corporate control schemes pose to realising the human right to […]
