A team from Rhodes University’s Institute for Water Resources (IWR) recently travelled to Nigeria to participate in a workshop on the Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) of urban water pollution in the Lagos community of Ilaje Bariga. The workshop was held on the 8th and 9th of February at the University of Lagos, bringing together stakeholders from local government, NGOs, schools and local communities to develop a collaborative action plan to address the city's growing water quality challenges.
The workshop was informative and insightful, and it gave a chance for stakeholders to build relationships, hear one another's viewpoints, and collaborate in the management of Lagos’s urban water pollution challenges. Rhodes’ IWR hopes to continue their collaboration with the University of Lagos at future workshops.
Written by: Nolusindiso Ndara
The Lagos team and participants at the SAM workshop, February 2023.