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 WaterAid in Nigeria has been charged with the task of facilitating monitoring and evaluation of government WASH projects in Nigeria. The request was made by the Minister of Water Resources, Honourable Sarah Reng Ochekpe. - 17 January 2012
 As part of its focus on improving community and household wells that are unprotected and providing unsafe drinking water to millions of Nigerians, WaterAid in Nigeria has piloted its rope pump technology in Zamfara State. - 6 December 2011
 A new report from WaterAid highlights the fact that progress towards meeting the MDG sanitation targets in Sub-Saharan Africa has stalled. - 1 December 2011
 As part of its activities commemorating this year’s World Toilet Day, WaterAid in Nigeria made an appearance on the Nigerian Television Network, Africa’s largest television network, to talk about the sanitation crisis in the country. - 24 November 2011
 Large scale implementation of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is key to ending open defecation and other unsafe sanitation practices in Nigerian rural communities, according to panelists. - 1 November 2011
 In keeping with the driving theme for Global Handwashing Day, which is children and schools, WaterAid in Nigeria commemorated this years Global Handwashing Day under the slogan "More Than Just a Day: Make handwashing with soap a healthy habit!" - 15 October 2011
 In line with its mandate to provide capacity support to its partners, WaterAid in Nigeria handed over a project vehicle to Benue NGO Network (BENGONET) on 11 August 2011. - 19 September 2011
 With support from WaterAid in Nigeria, a three day equity and inclusion awareness creation workshop held from 3 – 5 August 2011 in Akwanga, Nasarawa State for Civil Society Organisations and the WASH Media Network. - 19 September 2011
 On 15 August 2011, WaterAid in Nigeria paid a courtesy call to the Enugu State Government to advocate for the payment of the State's counterpart funds for the European Union (EU)/WaterAid project, 'Closing the Gap: Improving Water Supply and Sanitation pr - 19 September 2011
 WaterAid in Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Water and Sanitation Media Network which comprises Nigerian Journalists reporting activities in the water and sanitation sector for various mass media channels. - 19 September 2011
 Nigeria's new Minister of Water Resources has called for 'strategic partnerships' among all stakeholders for the development of Nigeria‟s water sector, while restating Government‟s belief that access to safe, drinking water is a right of every - 19 September 2011
WaterAid in Nigeria paid a courtesy call to the Enugu State Government to advocate for the payment of the State's counterpart funds for a European Union (EU)/WaterAid project. - 8 September 2011
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources took a step forward in its efforts to reform and restructure the Nigerian water resources sector last month. - 18 August 2011
A Result Oriented Monitoring (ROM) visit was carried out by a European Commission external monitor on WaterAid in Nigeria's EC supported project 'Building Civil Society Organisations and Local Government capacity to contribute to the achievements of the W - 18 August 2011
WaterAid in Nigeria supported community scorecard exercises in seven communities in Benue and Ekiti States from 27 – 30 June 2011. - 18 August 2011
The reigning Ms Wheelchair Nigeria was conferred as WaterAid in Nigeria's Official Spokesperson for Disability in WASH. - 30 June 2011
Grace Alache Jerry, the current Miss Wheelchair Nigeria, visited WaterAid in Nigeria as part of her current campaign. - 17 May 2011
WaterAid in Nigeria joined tens of thousands of people from across the globe on a six kilometre walk for water to demand government action to address the water and sanitation challenges in Nigeria. - 24 March 2011
A debrief on the UN HLM on MDGs. - 21 February 2011
WaterAid in Nigeria mounted a WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) learning centre at the National Council of Water Resources Summit that took place in Jos, Plateau State on 8-16 November 2010. - 21 February 2011
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Nigeria Sources:
World Bank (2010) World Development Indicators database - databank.worldbank.org, UNICEF (2010) State of the World's Children 2009 and WHO (2010) World Health Statistics 2010, WHO / UNICEF (2010) Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report 2010, UNDP (2009) Human Development Report 2010
NB. Official statistics tend to understate the extent of water and sanitation problems, sometimes by a large factor. There are not sufficient resources available for accurate monitoring of either population or coverage. Varying definitions of water and sanitation coverage are used and national figures mask large regional differences in coverage.
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