Mrs Owoade’s house has a borehole.
Once it does not smell and does not have sediment, I can drink the water.” Water Vendors Unlike the Owoades and Fasadares, Emmanuela Njoku in Jikwoyi, another suburb of Abuja, said she entirely relies on water vendors.
Though the vendors say they buy their water from boreholes, one cannot be too sure.
In Nigeria, potable water supply is a familiar challenge of households.
About 2.1 billion people worldwide, according to World Bank statistics, do not have access to safe drinking water services and 4.5 billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation.
“Annually, girls and women spend 73 billion hours fetching water.
The 2017 MICS survey stated that 68 per cent of Nigerians buy or source water from locations outside their homes.
He said if the country continues at the present rate of development in the water sector, only about 72 per cent of Nigerians will have access to potable water supply by 2030.
Mr Jurgi said access to safe water can save most of the under five children who die from preventable diseases, as most of the diseases are caused by poor access to water.
He noted that about 88 per cent of diarrhoea cases in Nigeria come from states that do not meet the WASH standard.