Water for Profit? Coalition Warns Privatisation Could Undermine Africa’s Water Vision 2063

The Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) cautions that a growing push for private sector involvement in the Africa Water Vision 2063 could weaken public accountability and limit access to safe water. Following an AMCOW consultation in Abuja, OWORAC highlighted that blended financing and public-private partnerships often drive up tariffs, erode labour conditions, and marginalise communities and water workers. Pointing to Senegal’s Sen’Eau model, the coalition noted rising costs, service failures and intimidation of unionised staff. It also stressed that millions of Nigerians still rely on informal water sources due to underinvestment in public systems. OWORAC urges African governments and development partners to prioritise transparency, guarantee community and worker participation, and treat water as a public good, not a commodity.

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