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Nigeria: Africa Activists, Global NGOs Oppose Water Privatisation As World Bank, IMF Meet

Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition have called on African governments to reject water privatisation and demand the return of water systems seized by private corporations back to the hands of the African people to be publicly funded and equitably managed. The coalition made the …

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Africa water activists resist corporate Privatisation as World Bank meets

From left: Achike Chude, Vice Chair of Joint Action Front, Aderonke Ige, Associate Director, CAPPA, and Philip Jakpor, Director of Programmes, CAPPA. Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition have called on African governments to reject water privatisation and demand the return of water systems seized by private …

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Africa Water Week: Activists, labor union march against water privatization in Cameroon

A coalition of civil society organizations, labor unions, and human right activists on Wednesday, October 13 held a campaign against water privatization in Yaounde, Cameroon. The groups held a peaceful march to the Veolia’s offices and World Bank in Yaoundé, Cameroon, as part of the week-long activities for the Africa Water Week. The Africa Water Week …

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Nigeria: Groups march on Lagos ministry, demand end to Water Privatisation

Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the Our Water Our Right movement have called on the Lagos State Government to reject all forms of corporate control of water and privatisation of water services, including through so-called “public-private partnerships.” CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, addressing participants at the Lagos Ministry of Environment and …

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Water Week: Activists, labour unions march against water privatisation in Nigeria

The Africa Water Week, the first-ever, holds from October 11 to 15. A coalition of civil society organisations, labour unions, and human right activists on Monday held a campaign against water privatisation in Lagos. The groups held a peaceful march to the Lagos State Ministry of Environment on Monday, as part of the week-long activities …

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Nigeria: Groups urge Lagos govt to discard Water Privatisation through PPPs

Civil society and labour activists, under the platform of Our Water Our Right movement, have urged the Lagos State government to reject all forms of corporate control of water and privatisation of water services through public private partnerships (PPPs). The groups include the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations …

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Nigeria: Groups Take Anti-water Privatization Protest To Lagos Ministry

The Lagos State government has been asked to reject all forms of corporate control of water and privatisation of water services, including through the so-called “public-private partnerships,” with a call on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration to mobilise enough resources needed to address the infrastructural decay which had brought water production to record low at the …

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