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Nestlé Nigeria commissions eight water facilities in Ogun State

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Nestlé Nigeria has commissioned eight climate-smart boreholes and treatment units in communities in the Agbara basin in Ogun State. The facilities are intended to improve access to and conservation of drinking water, while a partnership is preparing a national water quality manual, according to Businessday.

Nestlé Nigeria has commissioned eight boreholes equipped with water treatment systems in communities in the Agbara basin in Ogun State, according to Businessday. The facilities are part of the company’s water regeneration project, being implemented in Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory.

The initiative combines access to water, resource treatment and community-level governance. The inauguration also forms part of a partnership with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation and OPS-WASH, which are working to develop a national water quality manual, Businessday reports.

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