SANATU ZAMBANG STUDIOS (Podcast)

Over sixty million Nigerians are yet to have access to clean and drinkable water, Corporate Relations Director, Guinness Nigeria Mr. Sesan Sobowale has disclosed Also more than six hundred million people over the world lack access to clean water. Sobowale, who spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital yesterday during an inauguration of a water project built by his company revealed that since 2007, the “Water of Life Programme”, a pet programme initiated by Guinness had provided clean drinking water to over 10 million people in 18 countries in Africa. He said under that programme in Nigeria, water facilities had been constructed in 22 communities across the country. According to him, “Through these water projects, Guinness Nigeria has helped thousands of Nigerian families to access clean water and ultimately improve their overall health and well-being.” Sobowale said scarcity of clean water in Nigeria had fuelled the spread of “deadly but easily preventable diseases such as diarr...

Tamanda Chabvuta born in Blantyre, the commercial city of Malawi in 1989. She attended primary school at a local government free primary school and moved to catholic girls' school for her secondary education. Tamanda Chabvuta is an advocate for natural reserves especially in the line of environment and agriculture. She works with farmers, And always keeping up to date with global platforms where farmers can be represented. She is also a member of Ypard and it is through it that Tamanda Chabvuta got to know about the Global Landscape Forum and the call for applications. This is a forum where 50 youth innovators will address landscape challenges the global community is facing. Just to mention a few, these challenges range from landscape restoration, land and tenure, financing and trade, tracking progress and also education. The forum builds on one key message, all elements of land, water bodies, forests and settlements are connected. In Tamanda Chabvuta video, She highlight...

Access to an improved water supply has been steadily decreasing for two decades in Kenya, with only 53% of urban households having a piped water supply. 71% of urban Kenyan families live in slums (UN-Habitat 2010), where access to water and sanitation is particularly poor. In Kisumu, 84% of slum households do not have water connections and the scarcity of water connections is particularly acute in Manyatta, Kisumu. The majority of households are forced to access water from vendors who charge exorbitant rates for water of dubious quality, thereby making regular access impossible, or water kiosks in neighbouring settlements where low water pressure and long commutes increase the time, cost and risks faced by households, particularly for women and girls, while in search of water. The poor water supply in slums affects other dimensions of poverty, including contributing to diarrhoeal diseases and a high level of infant mortality. Women and girls, who are usually responsible for sourcing ...

Born Hassan Ibrahim Abubakar, on 24th November 1990 at Akurem a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Hassan attended an Islamic School call Nasru-Deen Islamic School which is in Kumasi, that's his primary and JSS level. He then proceeded to Kings College also in Kumasi which after he went and studied journalism. Becoming a journalist was an ambition i had when i was in primary six and since then i started following it to make sure that i achieve it, Hassan said. " It was tough though but i had be stalwart to what i had realised i wanted to become. I had several reasons and challenges which should have subdued my desire of that proffesion which include friends and situations. " when asked why he choose to be a DJ, Hassan replied " well being a dj in the media doesn't discriminate and perharps, every person with his/her dream. My dream was to be a media person but used the advantage i had when i was studying journalism. ". He continued " i wen...

A country where almost everything is measured in superlatives still cannot provide one of the basic amenities – water Access to clean water is a basic human right. But access to safe drinking water is still a mirage in many urban and rural communities in Nigeria. Even where available, the supply is often erratic and even worse, the water is sometimes contaminated because it is piped through a network of old, rusty and unhygienic drainages. Only recently, a chemical analysis of sample of water from the Lagos Water Corporation to a community through water vendors revealed a disturbing proportion of lead, a carcinogenic metal, and high bacterial level. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case as lack of access to potable water constitutes a serious public health issue all over the nation. Ironically, this is 2015 and it is clearly evident that the country has failed the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) target of 75 per cent coverage of access to safe drinking water by the citiz...