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 […]
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Galamsey: OWORAC Stands In Solidarity With The Ghanaian People, Demands An End To The Pollution Of Water Sources
The Our Water Our Right Coalition (OWORAC) stands in solidarity with the Ghanaian people protesting the devastating impact of illegal mining activities, locally known as galamsey, on water bodies, farming lands, aquatic/marine life and human health. We particularly affirm that access to clean and safe drinking water is an internationally recognised human right, therefore, we […]
CAPPA Visits LWC, Seeks Ways to Improve Community Participation in Water Governance
On September 20, 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) paid an advocacy visit to the Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC). The purpose of this meeting was to explore ways CAPPA could support the LSWC in enhancing water access throughout the state and, most importantly, mainstream community perspectives in water governance. The CAPPA team […]
CAPPA Decries 16-Year Concession Of Water Services At Tin-Can Island Port
The nongovernmental organisation noted that the concession agenda, driven by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Federal Ministry of Transportation, the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), and the Ministry of Finance, signals a worrying pattern of auctioning off essential public assets, particularly water infrastructure, under the guise of efficiency and increased revenue generation. It added […]
CAPPA Knocks NPA, Condemns Concession of Water Services at Tin Can Island Port
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to privatise the Tin-Can Water Treatment plant by handing it over to Sandust Tincan Water Project Limited (STWP) under a 16-year concession agreement, saying it raises concerns about the indiscriminate sale of public utilities by the current government. According to news reports, […]
Amid Heavy Repression, OWORAC Participates in the People’s Water Forum 2024
Since 2003, the People’s Water Forum (PWF) has convened every three years as a parallel event to the World Water Forum (WWF), providing an alternative space for water justice movements and pro-public water advocates to unite. The WWF, now dominated by international financial institutions and some of the world’s largest corporations, promotes market-based approaches to […]
CAPPA asks state governments to solve water inaccessibility in Nigeria
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on state governments to solve water inaccessibility in Nigeria. In an address to commemorate World Water Day 2024, Oluwafemi Akinbode, CAPPA’s executive director, noted that over 400 million people across Africa still lack access to safe drinking water. Akinbode spoke on Friday, in Lagos at a […]
World Water Day 2024: Public Control of Water Promotes Community Peace
Statement by Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director, Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) at the Our Water Our Right Coalition’s (OWORAC) Press Conference to Mark World Water Day on March 22, 2024 Today, on the occasion of World Water Day 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) denounces the unjust reality that over 400 […]
