Why African Govts Must Uphold Human Right To Water Over Privatization — CAPPA, Groups
Faith-based Groups Weigh In, Kick Against Water Privatization Citizens’ right to clean and portable water must be upheld over the rabid push for water privatization on the continent, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and faith-based groups have told African governments.[spacer height=”25px”] The recognition of the human right to water, according to CAPPA’s […]
Reject World Bank projects on water, coalition tells African govts
African governments have been, again, urged to reject any proposal or project backed by the World Bank, its sister-organisation, International Finance Corporation, IFC, and private bodies interested in privatising water resources on the continent.[spacer height=”25px”] The emphasis was made by the Our Water Our Right Coalition, OWORAC, in Lagos on Tuesday.[spacer height=”25px”] The occasion was […]
African Communities Raise Their Voices Against Water Privatisation
Communities impacted and those under threat of water privatisation across Africa have called on African governments to jettison water privatisation and return privatised water systems to localities for affordable and equitable management.[spacer height=”25px”] Local communities in Nigeria, Mozambique, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Gabon, Uganda, and a host of other African countries are making this their […]
CAPPA, Others Warn African Govts Against Privatisation Of Water Agenda
Twelve years after the United Nations (UN) Declaration of water as a human right, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and other water justice groups have warned African governments against privatisation agenda Water justice groups, including CAPPA, the African Women Water Sanitation and Hygiene Network (AWWASHNET), the Ecumenical Water Network of Africa (EWN/A) […]
12 years after UN Declaration of water as a human right: Groups warn African governments against privatisation agenda
On July 28, 2022, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), alongside the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition hosted a webinar with African water justice campaigners, in commemoration of the 12th year of the United Nations Resolution declaring water and sanitation a human right (Resolution 64/292). This was declared on July 28, 2010. […]
Mr Speaker, kill the national water bill now
BY OLATUNJI BUHARI On June 29, 2022, in my hotel room in Abuja, I tuned to Channels TV, a Lagos-based television network. What caught my attention was the headline: ‘Reps Re-Introduce Controversial Water Bill’. My first reaction was, again? What exactly are the proponents of the bill trying to achieve with its resurrection? The re-introduction […]
Water Scarcity: Residents Worry about Lack of Access to Water in Lagos
The residents of Odoiragunshi and Poka communities in Eredo Local Council Development Areas in Epe have decried the deplorable state of access to water in their communities. They shared their concerns during a visit to the community by the staff of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) as part of its Just City Project […]
Lagos communities decry non-functional waterworks
Communities in Epe, Lagos State, have decried the non-functional Epe Mini and Odoiragushi waterworks and the attendant water shortage. The communities were recently visited by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), an environment-focused non-governmental organisation. CAPPA went to Odoiragushi and Poka communities in Eredo Local Council Development Area in Epe in Lagos, to […]
Kill water bill now- CAPPA tells NASS
A bill seeking to change the regulatory framework of Nigeria’s water resources management currently pending in the House of Representatives will worsen the availability and accessibility of water to the common citizens if passed into law. The Corporate Accountability for Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) made this claim in a statement distributed to newsmen and subsequently asked […]
Groups Reject National Water Resources Bill, Task NASS On Water Accessibility
Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs), have urged the National Assembly(NASS) to reject the controversial Water Resources Bill, which was represented on June 29, 2022. LEADERSHIP reports that the bill was presented for first reading by the chairman of the House Committee on Water Resources, Hon. Sada Soli from Katsina state. The groups opposing the Bill, included; […]
