Nigeria: Contaminated Water - Govt to Publish Details of Spending, Locations of Projects

Following a Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), the federal government has reportedly agreed to publish details of spending and locations of projects on water and sanitation for periods covering 2010--2016, as well as details of allocations to the 36 states of the federation.

SERAP had last week asked Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources to "explain why Nigeria's water and sanitation infrastructure have continued to deteriorate and millions of Nigerians have to resort to drinking water from contaminated sources with deadly health consequences, despite the authorities claiming to have spent trillions of naira of budgetary allocations on the sector since the return of democracy in 1999."

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