By Titiloye Omobolanle
The 5th Lagos State International Water Conference (LIWAC) kicked off today in Lagos, under the theme: Innovative Financing: Bridging the Sector Financing Gap”. The conference brings together experts, policymakers, and stakeholders to discuss innovative ways to enhance water and sanitation systems in Lagos through effective financing mechanisms.
It is organized by the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO), in partnership with WaterAid, UNICEF, Lagos State Water Corporation, USAID, The World Bank, Coca-Cola, CWAY, KIFFWA, OPEN-CAPITAL, Resilient Water Accelerator EKO Hotel & Suite, ESAWAS, and Stanbic IBTC
The two-day meeting will feature panel discussions on the following topics:
- Community-Led Total Sanitation
- Unlocking effective resources planning and management in WASH: The vital regulatory role in establishing financing frameworks
- Sustainable Initiatives Supporting SDGs
- Utilities and Regulators Dialogues
- Innovative financing models for Water and Sanitation
- Enhancing Water and Sanitation access through performance-based contracts: Global perspectives and insights.
- Successful innovative financing model in the Kenyan context
- Innovative financing: Bridging the sector financing gap.
- Innovative Financing Models for Sanitation and Water
- Governance and Policy frameworks for facilitating investments in Water and Sanitation.
Key hosts of the conference are:
- Gov. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu: Governor of Lagos State
- Prof. Joseph Telumum Utsev: Hon. Minister Water Resources & Sanitation, Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Obafemi Kadri Hamzat: Deputy Governor, Lagos State
- Mr Olakunle Rotimi Akodu: Special Adviser to Mr. Governor on Environment
- Mrs Funke Adepoju: Executive Secretary, Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO) Etc.
Panel discussions will also be held ON:
- Enhancing Water and Sanitation Access Through Performance-Based Contracts: Global Perspectives and Insights.
- Enhancing Water and Sanitation Access Through Performance-Based Contracts: Global Perspectives and Insights comprises
- Innovative Financing Models for Water and Sanitation
- Utilities and Regulators Dialogues
- Unlocking effective resources planning and management in WASH: The vital regulatory role in establishing financing frameworks
Sustainable Initiatives Supporting SDGs
The panelists are:
- Engr. Chinyere Nnenna Igwegbe, the panel presenter, Vice president of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), Immediate National Chairman of the Nigerian Institutional of Water Engineers (NIWE)
- Oluwasoromidayo: Director, Corporate Affairs-Coca-Cola HBC
- Theodora Igboaruka: Institutional and Policy Development Specialist
- Dr Oreoluwa Finnih: Special Adviser to The Lagos Governor on Sustainable Development Goals
- Helen Omolanke Taiwo: Director of Water Resources, Office of Drainage and Water Resources
- Lynda Bitrus: Past Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Environmental Engineers
- Rui Cunha Marques: Global Expert on Regulation and Contracts
- Mosebolatan Odunowo: Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
- Celestine Ugoanyanwu: General Manager at Imo State Water Development Agency
- Solebo Afolabi Adebayo Esq: General Manager Consumer Protection Agency
- Ololade Salami Esq: Academia, Public Service and Private Legal/Consultant
- Dr. Benjamin Nnamdi Ekwueme: Honorable Commissioner of Workers, Lagos State
- Dr Kamal Kar: Founding Chairman, CLTS Foundation and Pioneer of CLTS Approach
- Saad Lukman Olumoh: Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation
- Olakunle Mahamood Adegbite: Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Service &Water Resources, Ministry of The Environment & Water Resources
- Sanusi Abdu Sani Maikudi: Lead Consultant New Frontiers Consultants Ltd
- Mr Adebayo Mark Adeyemi: Lead WASH Infrastructure Improvement
- Mr Sanuth Hassan: Director, Sanitation Service Department at Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
- Dr Kamal Kar: Founding Chairman, CLTS Foundation and Pioneer of CLTS Approach
- Mr Hamza Yunusa: Hydrodynamics/Water Tech Innovator
- Hon (Engr) Adebola Shabi: Legislator Lagos Mainland II-Lagos State Houde of Assembly
- Mr Archie Chiromo: Private Equity Infrastructure Investment, CFM
- Ivan Draganic: WASH Regulation Expert-Stockholm International Institute of Water
- Mukhtaar Tijani: Managing Director at Lagos State Water Corporation
- De William Muhairwe: Executive Director of the Global Water Leader Group- Formally CEO, Ugandan National Water and Sewage Corporation
- Dr Isaac Tosan Wilkie: Honorable Commissioner, Water Resources-Delta State
- Mr Wole Afolabi: Investment Expert at USAID through SUWASA
- Mr Obibi Jaja: DG, River State Water & Sanitation Regulatory Commission
- Kamal Kar: Dr. Kamal Kar founding chairman of the Community Led Total Sanitation Foundation
- Babatope Babalobi: Team Leader, Institutional Technical Assistance (ITA), Kano State Water Sector Reform Project, Finance by French Development Agency (AFD)
- Kolawole Banwo Head of Advocacy, Policy and Communication, WaterAid
- Peter Cookey: Ag Director, Centre for Water and Sanitation Studies (CEWASS), River State University, Port Harcourt
- Ruth Nganga (Moderator): General Manager, Fund Development, Water Sector Trust Fund (WaterFund).
- Abayomi Oluyomi: An Honorable Commissioner for Finance and Chairman, Governing Board, Lagos State Public Procurement Agency
- Oluwatoyin Adegbuji Onikoyi: Permanent Secretary Lagos State Min. of Finance
- Jide Adeola: Public policy and finance expert.
- Kunle Adeleke: Project manager in infrastructure development.
- Dr Julius Itunga: Chief Executive Officer -Water Service Regulatory Board, Kenya
- Ayodele Osalade: General Manager/Head, Ekiti State Water and Sanitation Regulatory Agency (EK-WASRA)
- Bashir Dogara: Executive Chairman at Kaduna State Water Service Regulatory Commission
- Mr Ivan Draganic: WASH Regulation Expert-Stockholm International Institute of Water
- Kabiru Abass: Social Researcher in WASH Consultant
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