February 17, 2025
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FCTA to disconnect 30,000 houses over unpaid water bill

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Water Board has said that 30,000 households will be disconnected over non-payment of utility bills. Daniel Salka, acting general manager of the board, said the disconnection exercise became necessary to recover all unpaid debts from customers. Salka said many consumers have been “enjoying uninterrupted water supply but are not ready […]
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EDITORIAL: The water resources bill

There is currently a sharp divide between Northern and Southern legislators over a bill through which the federal government wants ‘to control all sources of water in Nigeria’. The legislative piece – The National Water Resources Bill is ‘an Act to establish a Regulatory Framework for the Water Resources Sector in Nigeria, Provide for the […]
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Why Water Resources Bill must not be passed

Rep denies collecting N15million COVID-19 palliative By Patrick Okohue Member representing Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Jide Jimoh has expressed his opposition to the controversial Water Resources bill, saying that since the issue of water resources remains a domestic matter, the Federal Government should not take over its
Editorial Opinion

Stopping COVID-19 spread through water

It is worrisome that over fifty years after Nigeria’s independence, potable water is still a major problem. ‎From the federal to state governments, it has been a story of one disappointing move or the other. Underserved communities have suffered and will continue to wallow in diseases associated with lack of or poor access to water, […]
Business

CODE tracks N1.2bn budgeted for rural communities projects

Ukpono Ukpong – Abuja Disturbed by the anomaly where grassroots communities in Nigeria are constantly deprived of access to basic human needs like health care, water, education, Connected Development (CODE), through its homegrown social accountability initiative, ‘Follow The Money’ have tracked an estimate of NGN 1,289,579,737 ($3.6m) budgeted for projects in 69