110 million Nigerians lack safe drinking water — Report
Over 400 million people in Africa and 110 million in Nigeria lack access to the basic right to safe drinkable water. The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) made the declaration on Saturday to mark International Water Day. It expressed worry over the poor access to water by millions of people in Africa and […]
Over eight million Lagosians lack access to good water – CSO
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa has said over eight million Lagos state residents still lack access to potable water due to inaccessibility to good water on privatisation. The Chief Executive Officer of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, made this known on Friday while commemorating the annual World Water Day under this year’s theme of ‘Water for […]
Coalition Of Civil Societies Kicks Against Alleged Moves By African States To Privatise Water Sector In Communities
According to the coalition, access to water is a human right and no human should be deprived of the opportunity to enjoy it. A coalition of civil society and labour activists, known as Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) has rejected the purported move to privatise the water sector in African communities. In a […]
Coalition of NGOs cautions African leaders over water privatization
As activists across Africa mark this year’s Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatization, a coalition of civil society and labour activists have decried attempts to commercialize and privatize water on the continent. The Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) at this year’s event, which is the third called for concerted efforts to resist […]
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Our Water, Our Right: African communities, workers, and civil society join hands across the continent urging regional leaders to stave off water privatization threats
This week, civil society and labour activists are urging African leaders to be the bulwark against a rising tide of threats to communities’ access to water, with particular attention to the insidious threats that water privatisation and corporate capture pose to the human right to water. The Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) – […]
Third Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation to Deepen Pushback Against World Bank, IMF
Civil society and labour activists from Africa campaigning against water privatisation will organise the third edition of the Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation from 9-15 October 2023. The week of action, which coincides with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings holding in Marrakech, Morocco from 9-15 October 2023, has […]
Communities flay privatisation agenda in Lagos, USAID water partnership
On April 5, a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly visited the leadership of the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) to promote the partnership between the parties. Lost in the free flow of commendations during the visit was any mention of the water privatisation agenda being shuffled through as part of […]
CAPPA kicks against alleged privatisation agenda in USAID-Lagos Water Corporation partnership
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a leader of the community and labour-driven Our Water, Our Right Coalition, points to the worldwide track record of water privatisation’s failure in its latest appeal to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to not walk Lagos State down the same dangerous path. The abuses of private water corporations from Flint […]
MoU between Lagos, USAID targets water privatisation, Coalition raises alarm
The community and labour-driven Our Water, Our Right Coalition has reiterated that the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Lagos State government was targeted at privatising water resources in the state, especially as its details had been kept away from the public. The coalition noted that despite numerous attempts to […]
How privatisation threatens access to water in Nigeria – CSO
Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, Akinbode Oluwafemi, has called on the government, relevant authorities and stakeholders in the water industry, to push efforts towards making water available through public ownership. According to the director, privatisation of water in Nigeria is a threat at all levels. He observed that “for four consecutive […]
