Nigeria

October 16,2025

NGO urges stoppage of privatization of government-owned water outfits

A non-governmental organization, NGO, Disability Not a Barrier Initiative, has urged governments at all levels to stop the privatization of government-owned water establishments or corporations, considering the importance of water to human lives. The body made the appeal during what it tagged”, Fifth Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatization”,…

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October 13,2025

Public Water for Climate Resilience

Today, civil society organisations, community networks, youth groups, trade unions, and grassroots movements across Africa converge to launch the fifth Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation, a continent-wide mobilisation under the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC). From 13–18 October 2025, under the theme Public Water for Climate…

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March 25,2024

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians lack access to drinkable Water

A Pan-African organization, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has bemoaned the fact that millions of people in Africa and Nigeria in particular lack access to drinkable water. 400 million people in Africa and 110 million in Nigeria are currently deprived of the basic right to safe drinkable water…

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March 24,2024

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…

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March 23,2024

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…

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March 23,2024

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians Deprived Of Drinkable Water — CAPPA

A Pan-African organisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has decried poor access to water by millions of people in Africa and Nigeria in particular. The organisation said over 400 million people in Africa and 110 million in Nigeria were deprived of the basic right to safe drinkable water…

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March 23,2024

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…

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October 10,2023

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…

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March 23,2023

On World Water Day, African leaders urged to ‘accelerate change’ from privatisation, false solutions

In commemoration of World Water Day 2023, civil society, labour and community activists, leading the Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC), yesterday, called on local, national and regional leaders to heed the lessons of history by dumping the false solution of water privatisation under any guise. The coalition, which…

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November 17,2022

World Bank Responds To Alleged Involvement In Nigeria’s Water Resources Bill

The World Bank’s Global Director for Climate Change, Jennifer Sara, has said that the World Bank is indifferent about ownership of the water supply infrastructure in any country it deals with as long as it is clean, safe and delivered “at an affordable price.” She said this while interacting with…

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October 25,2022

Lagos Market Women lament the cost of water on their businesses

Market Women in Lagos, especially women, have lamented the huge cost they expend on water to ensure their produce remains fresh and marketable to consumers. Lamenting the fact that they must patronize private water vendors to fill the gap, they told members of the African Women Water, Sanitation and Hygiene…

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October 14,2022

Group urges African Govts to discard water privatisation agenda

Non-Governmental Organisation The Executive Director of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), called New-Life Community Care Initiative (NELCCI), Florence Ifeanyi-Aneke, has urged African countries to discard their water privatisation agenda. Africa Water Week Ifeanyi-Aneke made the call on Friday at an event to commemorate the 2022 Africa Water Week in Enugu. Corporate Accountability and…

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October 14,2022

CAPPA Condemns World Bank, Entities’ Role In Promoting Water Privatisation In Africa

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), a non-governmental organisation, has condemned the action of World Bank and for-profit only entities, in promoting water privatization in Africa, while urging African governments to fully uphold human right to water. The executive director, CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, at a press briefing, organised by…

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October 12,2022

Access to Water is Human Rights, Coalition Warns African Governments Against Privatization

African communities under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Coalition (OWORAC) have warned African Governments against water privatization and demanded that they uphold the human right to water as an obligation of the government to the people. The coalition made their demands at the commencement of the Africa Week…

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October 12,2022

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. The recognition of the human right to…

NGO urges stoppage of privatization of government-owned water outfits

Public Water for Climate Resilience

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians lack access to drinkable Water

CAPPA asks state governments to solve water inaccessibility in Nigeria

110 million Nigerians lack safe drinking water — Report

World Water Day: 113 Million Nigerians Deprived Of Drinkable Water — CAPPA

Over eight million Lagosians lack access to good water – CSO

Coalition of NGOs cautions African leaders over water privatization

On World Water Day, African leaders urged to ‘accelerate change’ from privatisation, false solutions

World Bank Responds To Alleged Involvement In Nigeria’s Water Resources Bill

Lagos Market Women lament the cost of water on their businesses

Group urges African Govts to discard water privatisation agenda

CAPPA Condemns World Bank, Entities’ Role In Promoting Water Privatisation In Africa

Access to Water is Human Rights, Coalition Warns African Governments Against Privatization

Why African Govts Must Uphold Human Right To Water Over Privatization — CAPPA, Groups

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