Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 101
GS-4312 ↗ · current registry ID: GS12417
#643of 1329 in Industrial#29of 79 in Nigeria#978of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Safe Water Programme in Nigeria is a Gold Standard project with VVB-verified additionality (combined test) and a project-specific baseline reassessed in 2021. However, the project carries significant unresolved issues: six corrective actions from the validation, a thin 'deemed negligible' leakage justification, no stated buffer pool, FPIC not conducted, and no verified emission reduction data yet. The project is in early crediting stages with multiple data gaps and contradictions across documents.
Red Flags
- Six corrective actions remain open from the validation report, including justification of the fNRB calculation method and clarification of baseline data sources
- FPIC was not conducted for a community-level safe water project, raising safeguards concerns
- Leakage deduction is 0% with only a 'deemed negligible' justification, which is thin for a water supply project where diversion or non-use is plausible
- No verified emission reduction data exists yet (total ERR verified is not stated), so all claims remain ex-ante
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14,750 | 0 | 14,750 | |
| Total | 14,750 | 0 | 14,750 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-verified combined test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' justification is thin
Project-specific baseline, reassessed 2021, fNRB method contradicted
Grievance mechanism present, but FPIC not conducted
CORSIA and CCP status both not stated
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