{"id":12150,"date":"2016-10-29T18:54:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T18:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2016-10-29T18:54:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T18:54:19","slug":"lagos-water-crisis-activists-proffer-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12150","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Water Crisis: Activists proffer solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lagos-State.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9689\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lagos-State-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"Lagos-State\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lagos-State-300x136.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lagos-State.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_5209\" class=\"m_-6951539471175601236y_msg_container\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057\">\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11357&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_5223\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_5222\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_4190\" class=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yahoo_quoted\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_4189\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_4188\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_4187\" class=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057y_msg_container\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3151\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3154\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA\/FoEN) and labour unions in the water sector have presented what they believe is a solution to the water crisis to the Lagos State government.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3158\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3159\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Akinbode Oluwafemi, ERA\/FoEN Deputy Executive Director, proposed among others, a collective investment in water infrastructure and democratic decision-making that priorities the human right to water above profits is the way forward.<span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3160\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3164\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3165\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">At the public presentation of the book \u2013Lagos Water Crisis: Alternative Roadmap for Water Sector the group\u00a0warned\u00a0against\u00a0 a Public Private Patnerships (PPPs)\u00a0 initiative promoted by the Word bank through the International Finance Corporation (IFC).\u00a0The groups\u00a0revealed that the same PPP had failed in India,\u00a0Philippines, Tanzania and Ghana.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_4364\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_4363\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Sani Baba, Public Services International Subrgional secretary for East and West Africa said that the document\u00a0was\u00a0the solution that the\u00a0Lagos government\u00a0was looking\u00a0for, as it puts the human rights issues ad welfare of Lagos residents first.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yqtfd82132\" class=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yqt6553866601\">\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3169\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3170\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The event which held at Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja was graced by a coalition of civil society, labour unions and grassroots mobilisers on the platform of <b id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3171\">Our Water Our Right Coalition<\/b> which, has since 2014 petitioned the Lagos state government and mobilised residents to take to the streets to resist the PPP plans.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3175\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3176\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The groups insist that there is no solution outside privatization for the 21 million residents of Lagos, most of whom depend on unwholesome sources of water due to the corruption, lack of transparency and accountability and decay in infrastructure managed by the Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC).<\/span><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3179\" style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3180\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3181\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The document is a joint effort by the Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Corporate Accountability International, Public Services International (PSI), Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) and Transnational Institute (TNI).<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3185\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3186\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The document faults the current Lagos State Water Masterplan which it says will lead to violations of the human right to water and deny citizens universal access to safe drinking water. The book also pokes the Advisory Agreement between the state and the World Bank which were allegedly conducted in secret, without the active participation of citizens of Lagos and warned of likely unrest if water privatization is forced on the people.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3190\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3191\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Some recommendations put forward are Public-Public-Partnerships (PuPs) and the institution of a water trust. <span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3192\">\u00a0<\/span>The reviewer, Dr. Chido Onuma said that to fulfil the human right to water, governments must ensure water is available, physically accessible, affordable, safe, and acceptable in odour, colour and other qualities.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3196\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3197\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">He insisted that with the appropriate political will, the Akinwunmi Ambode administration could tap from suggestions in the book to transform the Lagos water system \u201cfrom a source of disease, conflict and suffering into a model for all the world to emulate.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3199\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3201\"><span id=\"m_-6951539471175601236yiv0563515057yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477737276363_3203\" style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11357&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA\/FoEN) and labour unions in the water sector have presented what they believe is a solution to the water crisis to the Lagos State government. 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