1. IDENTIFICATION OF CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS AND THE WAY FORWARD IN THE WATER SECTOR OF NIGERIA Presented By BELLO, Samuel Tunde Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Water Board Abuja, Nigeria March 2015

2. BACKGROUND  Less than 40% have access to potable water.  Gap of Access to sustainable safe drinking water.  Non-professional staff.  Limited Budget.

3. IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS o No viable skill training for junior staff- personal instructor remains the major way of human resource development. o For senior staff- No standard instructional method, leading to negative effects in terms of quality management. o Generally staff without basic skills: No confidence – Wrong construction by contractors cannot be recognised or corrected.

4. IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS  Need for strengthening of human resource capacity  Other specific Human Capital Development Needs:  Leakage Detection  Metre reading  Plant management and other infrastructure  Non-Revenue water management  Quality Control issues.

5. AVAILABLE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS & THEIR IMPACTS  National Water Resources Institute- Kaduna, North western part of the country – surface and Ground water training- short courses and target courses.  Institute of oceanography and marine research- Lagos- surface water.  Institute of fresh water resources in New Bussa- North Central part of the country- fresh inland water

6. AVAILABLE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS & THEIR IMPACTS  Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state – Degree awarding in water resources and Environmental Engineering, covers all areas in water resources.  In- House Training Programmes and other short courses.  JICA, ITEC, KOICA, WORLD BANK, UNICEF, DFID, EU, etc.  No doubt, the above listed institutions have their impact, but they are limited.

7. WAY FORWARD o Establishment of a sustainable training system to cultivate staff as well as to succeed skills. o Standardised know-hows and procedures of operations. o More specialised training institutions. o Adequate succession planning system in the industry.

8. WAY FORWARD Recruitment standard and procedure needs to be considered.Recruitment standard and procedure needs to be considered. Knowledge Transfer.Knowledge Transfer. Establishment of functional and full-fledged Research and Development Departments.Establishment of functional and full-fledged Research and Development Departments. More funding- The agreed 10% of personnel cost should be set aside for training.More funding- The agreed 10% of personnel cost should be set aside for training. Better government policy.Better government policy.

9. CONCLUSION  There is the need for a lot of competent human resources in the field of water supply.  The achievement of improved human resources is far from the expected; needs to be accelerated.  More international cooperation, understanding and assistance remain imperative.  Training and human resource development is very expensive, but there is no viable alternative to growth.

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