Nigerian State Seeks $478m for Wastewater Recycling

Lagos, Nigeria, requires N75bn ($478m) to recycle the 1.4 million gallons of wastewater that it generates daily, according to Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola.

Fashola said the state needed to recycle its wastewater to prevent epidemics.

Lagos State Executive Council has approved a ten-year policy for the implementation, budgetary funding and requisite institutional framework for this project, reports vanguardngr.com.

The state will implement this policy in two five-year phases, according to Fashola.

In the first five years, ten new wastewater treatment plants will be established and three existing plants will be upgraded.

The state will partner with the private sector under a private-public partnership initiative to execute the project, said the governor.