Nigeria’s water crisis will come under international scrutiny in Copenhagen this month as Lokoja Dialogues takes its Broken Water Cycle initiative to UN City. The project examines the consequences of failing water systems on people, communities and economies, against the backdrop of Nigeria’s paradox of significant freshwater resources and unequal access to safe and reliable water. Polly Alakija, Founder and Convenor of Lokoja Dialogues, described the situation as ‘paradise simultaneously experiencing severe water stress.’ She had also warned that Nigeria’s broken water cycle was threatening livelihoods, food production and public health. The...