To improve access to safe water, the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to have a holistic revitalization of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for the residents.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Safe water: Lagos, USAID to improve access, supply - NaijaAgroNet
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Improve nutrition funding in Nigeria says CS-SUNN - NaijaAgroNet
The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS—SUNN), has urged the three tiers of government in the country to make certain adequate budgetary allocations on nutrition activities, reports NaijaAgroNet.
A communiqué issued at end of a 3-day workshop , the Civil Society Organisation (CSO) called on government to ensure adequate and prompt release of the nutrition budgets in order to facilitate necessary provisions for the treatment of drugs for the handling of malnutrition issues ravaging children under 5 years old.
The workshop with the theme; "the journalists' role in ensuring transparency and accountability in allocation and use of health/ nutrition funds in Nigeria", was aimed at building the capacity of media practitioners in reporting issues of nutrition
Endorsed by Salihu Mohammed Alkali and Priscilla Dennis, chairman and secretary of the Communique Committee, respectively, described as unacceptable, the record of over 2000 of children under 5 dying daily as a result of cases of malnutrition.
Participants also decried the daily 145 maternal death as a result of malnutrition, recognising nutrition as multi sectoral issue admonishing all hands on deck to be able to tackle the menace.
Participants noted that preventing malnutrition is better and more cost effective than curing the problem, regretting that any malnourished child will be resistant to immunisation.
They further urged media to promptly and adequately report malnutrition cases in order to effectively tackle the problem.
The workshop was organised by CS-- SUNN in collaboration with Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition Systems, PINNS.
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A communiqué issued at end of a 3-day workshop , the Civil Society Organisation (CSO) called on government to ensure adequate and prompt release of the nutrition budgets in order to facilitate necessary provisions for the treatment of drugs for the handling of malnutrition issues ravaging children under 5 years old.
The workshop with the theme; "the journalists' role in ensuring transparency and accountability in allocation and use of health/ nutrition funds in Nigeria", was aimed at building the capacity of media practitioners in reporting issues of nutrition
Endorsed by Salihu Mohammed Alkali and Priscilla Dennis, chairman and secretary of the Communique Committee, respectively, described as unacceptable, the record of over 2000 of children under 5 dying daily as a result of cases of malnutrition.
Participants also decried the daily 145 maternal death as a result of malnutrition, recognising nutrition as multi sectoral issue admonishing all hands on deck to be able to tackle the menace.
Participants noted that preventing malnutrition is better and more cost effective than curing the problem, regretting that any malnourished child will be resistant to immunisation.
They further urged media to promptly and adequately report malnutrition cases in order to effectively tackle the problem.
The workshop was organised by CS-- SUNN in collaboration with Partnership for Improving Nigeria Nutrition Systems, PINNS.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Water, hygiene plus sanitation improve health & romance
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Washing hands with simple “tippy taps,” made with easily-available supplies, and soap or ash reduces the spread of disease. |
Nafisatu Yunusa is excited about change. The 23 year-old
mother of three lives in Marafa, a village of just over 600 people in Bauchi
State, northern Nigeria, where the dry winter season can be hard. Red dust
clouds the sky, vegetation turns brown, and there's no rain for months.
Information about stopping open defecation has helped to make the village a more attractive – and healthier place to live. |
And the SHAWN programme has rewarded the community with a borehole and
hand pump, so that water is now easier to access, even in the dry season.
The United Kingdom’s DFID supported this UNICEF project. |
When water is easily available, good hygiene practices are also easier to implement. |
Now that there is water in the village, and with women having learned about
better menstrual hygiene practices, that problem has vanished. “The change
has been so overwhelming,” says Nafisatu with a smile, “relationships are much improved!”
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23 year-old
Nafisatu Yunusa trains her community members
on good hygiene and sanitation
practices.
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Photo credit for all
pictures: UNICEF/Nigeria/2017/Stefan Heunis
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Monday, January 23, 2017
EU signs N22.086trn grant with Zambia, improves access to energy
The European Union (EU) has signed up the sum of €65 million,
about N22,086,252,500.00, grant with Zambia to improve access to energy,
reports NaijaAgroNet.
This programme, NaijaAgroNet gathered would provide access
to reliable, clean and affordable electricity services to at least 63,000
households, or about 300,000 people, to social and public infrastructure and to
eligible Micro Small Enterprises (MSEs), which will be done through the
rehabilitation and expansion of the low voltage distribution network in
selected low income areas of Lusaka City with high population density.
The financing agreement for a grant of €65 million was
signed today in Brussels by Commissioner for International Development and
Cooperation Neven Mimica and the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Zambia
Felix Mutati. This took place in the framework of a meeting where Commissioner
Mimica and Minister Mutati exchanged views on the very good bilateral relations
between the European Union and Zambia.
Speaking on this occasion, Commissioner Neven Mimica said:
"This €65 million programme demonstrates the continued commitment of the
European Union in collaboration with European Financial Institutions (EFIs) to
provide the much needed capital investment for basic infrastructure
development, in order to improve the livelihood and social status of poor
communities in Zambia.
"The rehabilitation of the low voltage distribution
network and the new connections will allow for the provision of reliable and
affordable energy services and economic empowerment. The programme will support
the implementation of the European External Investment Plan which prioritises
socio-economic development through infrastructure and energy in particular."
The project is co-financed with the European Investment Bank
(EIB), which provides additional loans amounting to €15 Million. It is also
part of a larger Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation plan,
co-financed by the European Investment Bank, the World Bank and ZESCO Limited.
Currently Lusaka faces challenges, because its electricity
network infrastructure results in significant energy losses. This is coupled
with an increasing population in high density low-income areas, which is unable
to access electricity services due to high connection costs.
Lack of access to
electricity services seriously deprives the affected population, in terms of
quality of life and exposure to various hazards that go with it (in-door
pollution, unsafe cooking, poor social services, low self-esteem etc..),
worsening the social inequality gap between the low density and high density
urban areas.
In addition to the rehabilitation and expansion of the low
voltage distribution network, the programme includes a connection-fee subsidy
scheme to encourage new household connections as well as measures to promote
productive uses of electricity by women and Micro and Small Enterprises. These
will include facilitated access to micro credit lines and training in business
management and entrepreneurship.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
e-Agriculture, solution to world food crises
A forum co-convened by the United
Nations (UN’s) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has hinted that guidelines
to improve the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
in agriculture, NaijaAgroNet
learnt.
This according to FAO officials have
gains which could bring innovation in agricultural technology, ensure more
efficient food production, mitigate food losses and attract the younger
generation to become successful farmers – are close at hand,
FAO Assistant Director-General and
Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Hiroyuki Konuma, told NaijaAgroNet in a press statement
that the applications of validated e-Agriculture processes will be a great
addition to innovative agricultural production, attract young generation in
agriculture and help safeguard farmers from losses, especially small holders.
“These applications could range from
a farmer using a smart phone to scan the barcode of a packet of certified seeds
– something that could ensure quality and a fair price, to the installation of
low-cost sensors at the village-level for hyper local weather information. The
lack of available and correct information at the right time and in the right
format is a major obstacle to many activities along the traditional
agricultural value chain and this is something that e-Agriculture could help
address efficiently,” he said.
Konuma also told NaijaAgroNet during the opening of
an “e-Agriculture Stakeholders Consultation” attended by government officials
and researchers, primarily from Asia, Africa and Near East to the three day
event in the Thai capital, pointed out that the finalization of the
e-Agriculture Strategy Guide and its applications for national context is
ongoing.
“Countries have tried to implement
e-Agriculture solutions in isolation,” Konuma pointed out. “This guide provides
valuable guidelines and offers a template to implement sustainable
e-Agriculture services.” Concerns over food losses due to natural disasters, or
lack of timely information during planting or harvesting, along with increased
pressure for food traceability – all offer entry points for the application of
proven ICT interventions in agriculture
Konuma added the e-Agriculture Stakeholders
Consultation is co-convened by FAO, ITU and CTA – the Centre for Agriculture
and Rural Cooperation
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