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The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency says Nigeria consumes over 2.5 billion litres of sachet water annually, produced by more than 32,000 manufacturers across the country.

Prof. Innocent Barikor, the Director -General of NESREA, stated this at the inception meeting of the Child Project –GEF 11193 on Tuesday in Abuja.

He said the project “Circular Solutions to Plastic Pollution in Nigeria” was aimed at reducing plastic sachet water consumption, while ensuring access to safe drinking water.

Barikor said the meeting marked a significant milestone in Nigeria’s ongoing efforts to address the growing challenge of plastic pollution in the country.

He said the pervasive issue of single-use plastic water sachets had become both a convenience and an environmental burden.

” Your presence here today reflects our shared commitment to finding sustainable, innovative, and practical solutions to this critical environmental challenge.

“As you are aware, Nigeria consumes over 2.5 billion litres of sachet water annually, produced by more than 32,000 manufacturers across the country.

” While this has helped bridge gaps in access to drinking water, it has also resulted in severe environmental consequences.

“These include blocked drainage systems, flooding, degradation of ecosystems, and risks to public health and biodiversity.

“This dual challenge of water access and plastic pollution makes this project not just timely, but necessary,” he said.

Barikor explained that the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Child Project 11193 represented a strategic and transformative intervention to address the issue of waste management in the country.

” It aligns with Nigeria’s national environmental priorities and NESREA’s mandate to protect and preserve our environment for present and future generations.

” The project adopts a holistic, circular approach—focusing not only on waste management, but on prevention, innovation, policy reform, and systemic change,” he said.

In a Goodwill message, Isabella Vanderbeck, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said that Nigeria is a key partner in the efforts to reduce plastic pollution in the country.

” Life without plastic is truly fantastic, let us hit the ground, let us do away with plastic,” Vanderbeck said.

Also speaking, Evelyn Swain of GEF restated the organisation`s commitment to partner with Nigeria to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic water sachets in the country.

” GEF is proud to support Nigeria in its journey to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic water sachets in Nigeria, while ensuring accessible and safe drinking water.

“GEF sees Nigeria not only as a participant in this Integrated Programme, but also as a leader whose experience can help shape global solutions to plastic pollution,” she said.

Swain is a Senior Environmental Specialist and Plastic Reboot Coordinator at GEF Secretariat, represented by Anna Blanpain.

Mrs Zuliat Mohammed, Chief Scientific Officer, Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, expressed the readiness of the ministry to collaborate with NESREA for the success of the project.

“This programme will help Nigeria eliminate all these plastic products in the country,” she said.

Source: https://punchng.com/fg-targets-sachet-water-reduction-as-nigeria-consumes-2-5bn-litres-annually

Tinubu should go ahead and block Nigerians from accessing the air we breathe. He only came to kill loot and destroy.

This people just adopt anything they see online just to prove they are intellectually sound.

Any template that promotes sustainability is always a topic of discussion or debate in the nation. Meanwhile, these workshops and meetings are funnels to steal taxpayers money. They are conduits to justify stealing.

That's how some folks in Nigeria refer to themselves as climate activists meanwhile they know nothing about climate change. How much does Africa contribute in global emission, they don't know.

BARIKOR, LEAVE SACHET WATER ALONE OR I BLIND YOU!

SATAN

Orlandoo:
Tinubu should go ahead and block Nigerians from accessing the air we breathe. He only
came to kill loot and destroy.

muyico:
And many northerners can't afford it
One pure water here
Is ₦50

Tpain era
Na era people do drink sachet water half and keep half inside their trouser pocket to drink again later

And many northerners can't afford it
One pure water here
Is ₦50

If Tinubu provides good portable water to households..

who will be interested in sachet water

Tinubu, please let the poor breathe

Don't suffocate them

Water no get enemy.
Water no get enemy.
Water no get enemy.

SpencerForbes:
So what’s the alternative? The masses are complaining that sachet water is expensive. So what do we want them to drink?

If na true you think say APC really get sense?

It is not possible
This clueless leaders will sit in their office and not know what to do but now they are challenging water sellers. The only reason Nigeria have portable water after the clueless government ended our hope of portable water from the tap in our homes. Nigerians discovered digging of boreholes in southern Nigeria and our water ministry died a natural death even though most of the water ministry workers still receive salaries for not producing anything

😂😂😂😂😂😂 a rudderless nation. Majoring on minors and minoring on majors.

I'm very sure in my house alone we consume close to 1m litre.. because we buy 10 bags every 3 days..

Who dey do this measurement


Lol


Just drilling out figure like say dem get gouage

Sachet water become lucrative and expensive when government at all level abandoned supply of pipe water. Our government never see water as one of basic amenities Nigerians need. It is a shame anyway.

They failed to mention an alternative ib the report. That means they don't have any solution but want to remove the ones we are managing

muyico:
And many northerners can't afford it
One pure water here
Is ₦50

the day typhoid almost took my life for drinking untreated water, since that day I stop drinking from tap, I prefer those sachat water or bottle water.

The FG’s plan to reduce sachet water consumption makes sense environmentally, but it’s problematic socially if done the wrong way.

You can do that initiative for a developed country. Not for a very undeveloped country with a high population of poverty that cannot afford bottled water regularly.

Haa! Even pure water 😭😭this is very bad banning of it

ZombieTAMER:
If Tinubu provides good portable water to households..

who will be interested in sachet water

.
Presidents don't provide water, institutions do.

The sniffing baron, hand go touch am soon! His next tripping won't be easy on him.

ZombieTAMER:
If Tinubu provides good portable water to households..

who will be interested in sachet water

And can dat be possible?? I can vividly remember around 1980s/1990’s notin like sachet or bottle water…. Like twice in a week water
Cooperation will
On dr tap and ppl
Will
Fetch water for like hours.:.. na ice water inside small white nylon we dy buy drink with ice lolly den…. If drs no alternative den pure water is about to increase dts d mesaage because to build borehole now no b meme even well water no dy.. Tinubu should pity apc and agbadorians…. Everybody wil later go back to drinking dirty water frm tap of dode wey gt wet got broken.. avin access to good water will b a luxury in econimics.. cholera go plenty soon..

we must start a revolution if them dare ban Pure Warer...


we will not take it..

KingGBsky:
It is not possible
This clueless leaders will sit in their office and not know what to do but now they are challenging water sellers. The only reason Nigeria have portable water after the clueless government ended our hope of portable water from the tap in our homes. Nigerians discovered digging of boreholes in southern Nigeria and our water ministry died a natural death even though most of the water ministry workers still receive salaries for not producing anything

.
It's called 'potable' (without 'r'), not portable sir.

I started seeing sachet water around 1999 in Anambra State, it use to water in nylon .

Omorrrr! These people don face pure water o

Kelklein:
I'm very sure in my house alone we consume close to 1m litre.. because we buy 10 bags every 3 days..

Do you guys also bath with the sachet water?

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/fg-targets-sachet-water-reduction-as-nigeria-consumes-2-5bn-litres-annually

This is why Nigeria is stupid. So you have identified there are 33,000 satchet water manufacturers in Nigeria. You now want to shut them down. Your reasoning is pollution. At the same time, you don't have a sanitation system or a waste disposal system in a country of 220 million people. Even if somebody wanted to dispose something the proper way, there is actually no proper way available. If 5 people work in each of those 33,000 factories you have now made 160,000 people unemployed.

Show me a country that is proudly trying to destroy 33,000 factories.

God don set very large ⭕ thunder ⛈️⚡ wey go send dem go thy kingdom come .

Touch sachet water na!

Gotocourt:
I started seeing sachet water around 1999 in Anambra State, it use to water in nylon .

How old are you that you are aware of such in 1999?

SpencerForbes:
So what’s the alternative?

The masses are complaining that sachet water is expensive. So what do we want them to drink?

Tinubu wants 200 million Nigerians to drink detty water like 20 million people are drinking in his shithole, smelling and disgusting Lagos after 27 years of his TAX monster plan yielded 100 times increase in budget and IGR.




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