Nigeria has been named among sixteen countries to benefit from a ground breaking research on Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater Reuse. The project is a collaboration between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

The project, which began in July 2015 and expected to end in the first quarter of 2016, is being implemented by Lagos State University and involves a scientific study into pollution of the Lagos Lagoon.

Programme Specialist, International Hydrological Programme at UNESCO, Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa, who spoke on the sidelines of the World Water Week in Stockholm, said the ground breaking project aims to support UNESCO member states to strengthen their scientific research and technical capacities to manage human health and environmental risks caused by new and emerging pollutants in developing countries.

She said the Lagos Lagoon was identified as a major source of livelihood for thousands of fishermen and pollution of the lagoon would have a negative impact on thousands of people who depended on it.