A group, Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI), has urged Lagos and other state governments to learn from failed water privatisation in the United Kingdom (UK) and adopt public sector solutions to the water crisis.
A group, Renevlyn Development Initiative , has urged Lagos and other state governments to learn from failed water privatisation in the United Kingdom and adopt public sector solutions to the water crisis.
The new research comes amid growing public fury towards water firms over the recent Brixham poisoning scandal and rising bills. The report shows there is under-investment in the UK’s infrastructure, which many believe has led to sewage spills and water leaks. Water UK, which represents the industry, said investment in the sector was “double the yearly levels seen before privatisation,” but a visiting professor at PSIRU, David Hall, insisted that water companies had invested “less than nothing of their own money” and “treating their customers like a cash cow”.
A group, Renevlyn Development Initiative , has urged Lagos and other state governments to learn from failed water privatisation in the United Kingdom and adopt public sector solutions to the water crisis.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated the commitment of the Economic Community of West African States to sustain the push for the restoration of constitutional government in Mali, Niger and Burkina-Faso.
Police retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme stormed the National Assembly in Abuja, yesterday, in protest over unpaid pensions and their forced inclusion in the CPS. Edo State has emerged Nigeria’s number one oil palm-producing state, contributing about 12 per cent to the aggregate palm oil production in Nigeria.
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