The Lagos State Government has secured a five-year grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve public water infrastructure across the state through the Lagos Urban Water Sanitation and Hygiene (LUWASH) programme.
The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) will oversee the first phase, which involves rehabilitating five mini waterworks located in Badore, Lekki, Victoria Island, Victoria Island Annexe, and another one Ajegunle.
This development was made known by LWC Managing Director, Engr. Mukhtaar Tijani, represented by Mrs. ‘Peju Isola, LWC’s Divisional Director, at the Community Water Parliament in Ogba during the 2024 Africa Week of Resistance Against Water Privatisation. This is according to a statement posted on the Lagos State Government’s official website on Saturday.
“The General Manager disclosed that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has given a five-year intervention grant to the Lagos Urban Water Sanitation and Hygiene (LUWASH) programme, to scale up capacity for the supply of safe water in five communities in Lagos,” the statement said.
“Presently, the rehabilitation of five mini waterworks in Badore, Lekki, Victoria Island, V/I Annexe, and Ajegunle, is ongoing in the first phase.”
