TY  - JOUR
T1  - Development of River Basin Organizations in Nigeria
AU - Adeoti, O. 
JO  - Research Journal of Soil and Water Management
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
SP  - 91
EP  - 100
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 2075-1095
DO  - rjswm.2010.91.100
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjswm.2010.91.100
KW  - Nigeria
KW  -water management gaps
KW  -possible interventions
KW  -stakeholder participation
KW  -Murray-Darling basin
KW  -subsidiarity
KW  -water management in France
KW  -Integrated river basin management
AB  - The present poor drinking water services and sanitation problems have triggered the need to look for a better management strategy under the current water reform in Nigeria. In order to suggest a feasible option, the study examines the present water management structure in Nigeria. Findings indicate that there exist no water management structures at a lower (or sub-basin) level; there exists no water management platform that incorporates the non-government water stakeholders in the present river basin-based water management structure in Nigeria and there is no involvement of present basin management authority in sanitation and drinking water service provisions. To alleviate these problems, the study suggests; one, the rationalization of the present 12 river basin management framework into four along the four natural hydrographical areas in Nigeria, two, the creation of sub-basin management structures within the four natural hydrographical areas, three, the inclusion of key non-government water stakeholders in river basin and sub-basin management platforms and four, the devolution of drinking water and sanitation service provisions to the basin management organizations. The study closes with a set of policy recommendations that could encourage the operation of this alternative water management structure in Nigeria.
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