Despite the N50 million naira budgeted in 2021 for constructing motorised boreholes in Kwali and Kuje, children within these Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) still die from water-borne diseases due to a lack of access to potable water.

WHEN Amina Sunday relocated to Ike Bassa in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT after her marriage, she did not expect to be confronted with the abject lack of potable water that she met.

In a desperate search for water, residents of her new community dug shallow holes in the ground from which rivulets of water trickled out and gathered over time to form small, dirty pools on the surface.

The water, usually muddy, gets scooped into buckets from the floor by children or women using a small bowl and carried home for all domestic use, including drinking.

Access to potable water is a mirage in many rural communities within the FCT. This questions the possibility of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which aims at ensuring the availability of water and sanitation for all by 2030.

At least 60 million Nigerians drink contaminated water, which has generally been linked to several deadly diseases, including cholera. Many children in Ike Bassa suffer from typhoid and other water-related diseases.

In 2020, Sunday’s daughter, Hope, came down with a fever accompanied by frequent stooling and vomiting. She immediately suspected that the ailment was water-related and sought medical attention in a health centre miles away from the village.

“Children fall ill frequently in this community. When my daughter became sick, the doctor said it was because of the water we drink,” she said.

Hope recovered from her ailment. But she has continued to drink from contaminated water sources, as the shortage of water in the community leaves her with no other choice.

“It took over a month for my child to get better. I can’t remember exactly, but I spent over N10,000 on the treatment. We still drink the same water. What other choices do we have?” Sunday asked.

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), children are more likely to die from water-borne diseases. Drinking contaminated water leads to the death of more than 70 000 children globally every year.

The UNICEF also noted that seventy-three per cent of diarrhoeal diseases are associated with poor access to potable water, which is predominant in impoverished communities.

While Sunday’s daughter survived the illness, many children in Ike Bassa have lost their lives to similar ailments.

Mercy Jibril had three children but lost two of them a few years back. She told The ICIR that both children, aged 1 and 5, had died after stooling and vomiting for days.

https://www.icirnigeria.org/to-quench-thirst-meet-basic-needs-abuja-communities-turn-to-caves-holes-for-water/

In Abuja

Shehuyinka:
Despite the N50 million naira budgeted in 2021 for constructing motorised boreholes in Kwali and Kuje, children within these Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) still die from water-borne diseases due to a lack of access to potable water.

WHEN Amina Sunday relocated to Ike Bassa in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT after her marriage, she did not expect to be confronted with the abject lack of potable water that she met.

In a desperate search for water, residents of her new community dug shallow holes in the ground from which rivulets of water trickled out and gathered over time to form small, dirty pools on the surface.

The water, usually muddy, gets scooped into buckets from the floor by children or women using a small bowl and carried home for all domestic use, including drinking.

Access to potable water is a mirage in many rural communities within the FCT. This questions the possibility of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which aims at ensuring the availability of water and sanitation for all by 2030.

At least 60 million Nigerians drink contaminated water, which has generally been linked to several deadly diseases, including cholera. Many children in Ike Bassa suffer from typhoid and other water-related diseases.

In 2020, Sunday’s daughter, Hope, came down with a fever accompanied by frequent stooling and vomiting. She immediately suspected that the ailment was water-related and sought medical attention in a health centre miles away from the village.

“Children fall ill frequently in this community. When my daughter became sick, the doctor said it was because of the water we drink,” she said.

Hope recovered from her ailment. But she has continued to drink from contaminated water sources, as the shortage of water in the community leaves her with no other choice.

“It took over a month for my child to get better. I can’t remember exactly, but I spent over N10,000 on the treatment. We still drink the same water. What other choices do we have?” Sunday asked.

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), children are more likely to die from water-borne diseases. Drinking contaminated water leads to the death of more than 70 000 children globally every year.

The UNICEF also noted that seventy-three per cent of diarrhoeal diseases are associated with poor access to potable water, which is predominant in impoverished communities.

While Sunday’s daughter survived the illness, many children in Ike Bassa have lost their lives to similar ailments.

Mercy Jibril had three children but lost two of them a few years back. She told The ICIR that both children, aged 1 and 5, had died after stooling and vomiting for days.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/to-quench-thirst-meet-basic-needs-abuja-communities-turn-to-caves-holes-for-water/

Buharionomics!

A wicked and senile leader!

Jeez... May God help us in this country

That useless Bashir and his devilish father will not brag about this,is voting power they can make noise about...

Btw I can see that thing called simplyleo aka leodaking in that cave with his family getting ready to head slam

Hmmmmm in 2022?!
For dis Nigeria?!


This Buhari sef na wah

Please how can i get in touch with mtn glo or airtel

I have a land where they will lease for the mask

The people are happy regardless.

Their condition will forever detoriate if the King of Agberos import Agberos in Abuja, a thing all right thinking Nigerian should fight against.

Even at capital city??�

Man, this is serious ooo

Do you know of Spy/ Babysitter CCTV Cameras?

They are eager to vote pa tulumbu so the drinking of poo water go continue

Is this playing?

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They've ruled more than any enthicity in Nigeria, but look at the kind of water their people are drinking lol... Yet they will vote them again and again and again. Illiteracy is a desease. Well, I know something will happen one day and we'll all go our separate ways. Biafra till death!

Let them hold the lawmakers representing them accountable,

While others are claiming Abuja, these ones would also claim..

Basic amenities is supposed to be what citizens enjoy, not the other way round..

It is just that, God has a way of preserving those who are in need/poor..

A big man's child would immediately gets admitted if s/he tried such...

Fct for that matter.. This is shameful!

Hmmmm

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It's good, it helps strengthen their immune system...




Those are considering voting Tinubu will be drinking from same source in few years time.

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FCT for that matter. You can imagine what people in interior Akpabuyo are passing through

Hmm

If i mistakenly be president i go run go meet elon musk follow am neiogciate on how to sell this country pata pata