In Kebbi community, multi-million-naira water project turns dumpsite, residents lament

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In Kebbi community, multi-million-naira water project turns dumpsite, residents lament
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Every day, community residents now struggle for access to water. They have to trek for miles searching for water. In the middle of...

It is May, and, in a community somewhere in the world, the sun is shining brightly, and the temperature is hot. The skins of residents are very dry as if they do not have access to the life-saving substance known as water. This is Mugadi Gari in Koko Besse/Maiyama Federal Constituency ofFor decades, the people of Mugadi Koko have been crying for potable water. To them, they would prefer every season to be rainy.

Research shows that over 70% of households in rural communities do not have access to improved water supply. Most of these people depend on free sources of water, which are not free from animals’ usage and faeces for survival. These are rivers, streams, water ponds and unprotected wells susceptible to waterborne diseases: typhoid, fever, cholera, dysentery, malaria parasites and others.The people of Mugadi Garri are one of the 1.

UDEME discovered that two of the four hand boreholes drilled in Mugadi 1 and 2 are not serving their purpose as they turn into dumpsites.

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