Water Supply and Sanitation in Nigeria: Turning Finance into Services for 2015 and Beyond |AMCOW, WSP

While some states in Nigeria have created strong enabling environments (some more advanced than that at federal level), other states are yet to start the reform process. This uneven commitment to WSS and shaping its enabling environment is also reflected in vast disparities in rates of access to WSS services across states: from 81 percent in Lagos state to 13 percent in Sokoto state for water supply, and from 97 percent in Kano to 12 percent in Bayelsa for sanitation.

 Estimates of the investment in WSS required to meet 2015 sector MDG targets range from US$2.5 billion (MDG Office) to US$4 billion annually (US$1.7 billion for water supply and US$2.3 billion for sanitation—CSO2 costing). Current spending, whilst being difficult to discern, is around a third of the CSO2 costing estimate. This calls for increases in sector spending, which can only be meaningfully realized once investment plans are prepared at different tiers of government. The implementation of the innovative Water Investments Mobilization and Application Guidelines will present great opportunities for this.

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