Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 88
GS-4325 ↗ · current registry ID: GS12404
#645of 1329 in Industrial#31of 79 in Nigeria#980of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard safe water and cookstove project in Nigeria at the validation stage, with VVB-confirmed additionality but notable gaps in permanence safeguards (no buffer pool stated), a thin leakage justification, and six outstanding corrective actions that must be resolved before credit issuance. The project has not yet entered its crediting period, so no verified emission reductions are available to assess over- or under-delivery.
Red Flags
- Six corrective actions remain open from the validation report, including justification of the fNRB calculation method and clarification of baseline data sources, indicating the project documentation was not fully robust at validation.
- FPIC was not conducted, which is a safeguard gap for a community-level safe water programme in Nigeria.
- Leakage deduction is 0% with only a 'deemed negligible' justification, without quantified analysis of potential diversion of water or cookstove benefits to non-project uses.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28,210 | 0 | 28,210 | |
| Total | 28,210 | 0 | 28,210 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
reversal risk unquantified
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' only
Project-specific, reassessed 2021
Grievance mechanism present; FPIC not conducted
CCP and CORSIA status not stated
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