Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 84

Audit Analysis

The Safe Water Programme in Nigeria is a Gold Standard project still in the validation stage, with additionality confirmed by the VVB via a combined test. However, the project carries moderate integrity and claim-safety risks due to a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible,' six outstanding corrective actions, and no buffer pool or verified monitoring data yet available. The project is not yet in a position to demonstrate over- or under-delivery, as no verified ERR figures exist.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Six corrective actions remain open, including justification of the fNRB calculation method and clarification of baseline parameters, indicating unresolved data-quality issues at validation
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% is justified solely as 'deemed negligible' without quantified analysis, which is thin for a safe-water project where diverted or unmet demand could represent leakage
• ⚠FPIC was not conducted, and the safeguarding principles assessment required a corrective action to include responses to assessment questions
• ⚠The monitoring period (July 2022 – December 2023) precedes the crediting period (August 2024 – October 2029), creating ambiguity about which phase the monitoring data covers

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