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T he Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has faulted the World Bank’s privatisation reforms for water supply in some states of the federation, saying they have failed the citizens and local communities. Speaking at the media presentation and launch of a report titled ‘Big Debts, Big Thirst: A Case Study of World Bank Supported Projects in Ekiti, Rivers and Bauchi States, held in Lagos recently, the Executive Director of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, argued that the water projects as investigated in the three states are not fulfilling it purposes, He said: “The report examines the ongoing implications of privatisation reforms advocated by international financial institutions, particularly the World Bank, and reveals a disturbing pattern of systemic failures that continue to compromise water access for millions of Nigerians. “There is undeniably a crisis of potable water availability in Nigeria and across much of Africa. “Privatisation and commercialisation are ...

  M ore than 3,500 residents from the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State have benefited from the Ramadan support programme of Wunti Al-Khair Foundation, a Bauchi-based non-governmental organisation. The Organisation’s Programme Manager, Ango Mustapha, said that the beneficiaries are mostly less privileged and the poorest of the poor in the communities. According to him, the intervention cut across food items and non-food materials. The programme, he said, was guided by “the principles and values of our Chairman and Founder, Dr. Bala Wunti, which are compassion, generosity, and social responsibility, over the years have provided sustainable interventions that improve lives, foster unity, and promote development. “As part of our annual Ramadan Support Programme, we have implemented several impactful initiatives aimed at ensuring that the less privileged, fasting Muslims, and the broader Bauchi community experience the blessings of Ramadan with dignity and ease. “In our ongoing...

  2 arrested For Allegedly Killing Motorcycle Rider In Bauchi T he Bauchi State Police Command have arrested two suspects over the killing of a motorcycle rider in Dosho village, near Darazo town in Bauchi State. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement, said, ‘’On March 5, an incident report was available at the disposal of Darazo Divisional Police Headquarters that a motionless body of an unidentified individual was found lying along Dosho Village, near Darazo, with multiple injuries.’’ Wakil explained that a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer visited the scene and evacuated the unidentified body to the General Hospital, Darazo, where the victim was certified dead by a medical doctor. Wakil said, “Following a painstaking investigation, the deceased was later identified as Dauda Manu, a 25-year-old of Unguwar Buba Fulata Lanzai via Darazo LGA of Bauchi State. It was also discovered that, prior to his death, Dau...