Trash National Water Resources Bill Now, CAPPA Urges Lawmakers
The Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the National Assembly to trash the controversial Water Resources Bill, which was re-presented on June 29, 2022, for First Reading by the Chairman of the House Committee on Water Resources, Hon. Sada Soli from Katsina State. The bill, which was initially introduced and rejected by […]
Thirsty for Water: Residents of Oshogun and Araromi Cry for Help
Highlights: Deaths related to unwholesome sources of water recorded Cases of typhoid and malaria common among residents Lack of government intervention Youths carry placards saying “No Water, No Votes” Introduction The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) visited Oshogun and Araromi communities in Kosofe Area of Lagos State for a fact-finding exercise following a […]
Our Water Our Right Coalition Reconvenes to Chart Pathways for Water Justice
The Our Water Our Right Coalition (OWORAC) reconvened on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, after a long break. The scores of civil society practitioners, trade unionists, and community residents that turned up at the meeting including the vibrant conversations that characterized the reunion reflected the shared aspirations of OWORAC to rev up campaigns for water justice […]
No water, no vote: Kosofe communities cry for help, say residents dying from bad water
By Philip Jakpor, Aderonke Ige, Olatunji Buhari, Veronica Nwanya, Zikora Ibeh & Olalekan Fagbenro It was one tale of woe after another when a team from the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) visited Oshogun and Araromi communities in Kosofe Area of Lagos State for a fact-finding exercise following a save -our-souls from residents […]
Communities seek govt’s intervention over water crisis
As the water crisis in Lagos State continues to linger, residents of Osogbon Community Development Areas (CDAs) in Alapere, Kosofe Council, have called on the state government to urgently intervene to save them from the constant typhoid fever, cholera and deaths occasioned by the acute water shortage in the communities. They made the call at […]
Provide clean, free water for citizens
As this year’s World Water Day is commemorated globally, governments have been urged to desist from the water privatisation model and provide clean quality and potable water free for citizens. Co-ordinator of African Women Water Sanitation and Hygiene Network (AWWASHNET) Veronica Nwanya spoke at a programme in Lagos to mark the event. Nwanya, who spoke […]
AWWASHNet Urges Governments to Maintain Groundwater System, Halt Water Privatisation Plans
African Women Water Sanitation and Hygiene Network (AWWASHNet) has called on governments in Nigeria and Africa to ensure adequate maintenance of the groundwater system for the adequate supply, healthy environmental assessment, and citizen conducive accessible usage. In a press statement issued in commemoration of World Water Day 2022 with the theme: “Groundwater: Making the Invisible […]
Water Day: Activists reiterate opposition to water privatisation in Africa
On the 2022 World Water Day observed on Tuesday, March 22, civil society, labour and community activists under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described the attempt of water privatisers to commodify water in Africa as the singular biggest impediment to universal access on the continent. The OWORAC is made […]
Not for sale: Africans reiterate opposition to water privatisation
On the occasion of the 2022 World Water Day, civil society, labour and community activists under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described the vicious attempt of water privatisers to commodify water in Africa, as the singular biggest impediment to universal access on the continent. The OWORAC is made up […]
World Water Day: Groups Reiterate Opposition To Water Privatization
Groups under the aegis of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described privatization as the biggest impediment to universal access to potable water on the continent of Africa. The coalition which is made up of activists from Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda who are working to push back against […]
