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Commission warns against indiscriminate drilling of borehole

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2020 0

The Executive Director, Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC), Magashi Bashir has warned against indiscriminate drilling of borehole across the country. Bashir gave the warning when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), flagship programme, Forum on Friday

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$30bn loan: Power, transport, Works ministries to takes lion share

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2019 0

The ministries of Power, Works and Housing and Water Resources will take the largest share if eventually Nigeria secures the $30bn loan it intends to get from different multilateral organisations. According to a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant on Public Affairs, shows that the planned projects spreads across different

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The ‘Planned’ Re-Introduction of National Water Resources Bill

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2019 0

It is a common knowledge that the Ijaw Youths Council recently issued a release which among other remarks stated that; if the government should reintroduce what they referred to as inimical and controversial water Resources Bill which was formally stepped down by the 8th Assembly after much public outcry; that Southern Nigeria people will do […]

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SERAP wins round one to compel Adamu, Ogbeh to account for spending on water

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2018 0

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh to account for the spending of trillion of naira on water projects between 1999 and 2016. Justice Hadiza […]

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Nigeria targets Open Defecation Free status in 2025

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2018 0

Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has said that it had developed a strategic document to ensure that the country attains an Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by the year 2025. Permanent Secretary, in the Ministry, Dr Musa Ibrahim stated this on Monday in Calabar, Cross River State capital, during the certification […]

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N1bn spent annually on water in IDP camps – Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2018 0

The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has disclosed that his ministry budgets about N1bn annually for the supply of water and sanitation services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) ravaged by the activities of insurgents in the North-East. Adamu also stated that the Federal Government was working out measures that would enable it transfer water […]

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There will be a water crisis in Nigeria by 2020, hydrologists warn

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2017 0

The Nigerian Association of Hydrologists (NAH), has warned of an impending water crisis by 2020 because of the poor management of groundwater basins. The association president’s, Ehidiamhen Olumese gave the warning on Sunday in Ilorin while addressing newsmen after the association’s National Executive Meeting (NEC). Olumese said the impending crisis could be avoided