65% Of FCT Communities Depend On Stream Water

The Programme
Manager for Water, Oxfam Nigeria, Mr Sunday Nyong, has said that no fewer than 65 per cent of FCT communities depend solely on stream water.
Nyong told newsmen in Abuja that this was revealed in Oxfam’s baseline study in the FCT on water sources in most rural communities.
“A baseline study by Independent Charity Organisation, Oxfam, has revealed that 65 per cent of communities in the Federal Capital Territory depend on river and stream for their water.
“The study revealed that many communities in Kuje Area Council depend on seasonal streams and other unclean natural sources for water,” he said.
Nyong said there was the need for all tiers of government to take access to water and sanitation important, saying water is life.
The programme manager said the group in partnership with Unilever UK provided a solar-powered water facility to Gafera-Laminga community in Kuje Area Council.
He said this move was aimed at improving water supply to the community, added that since 1951, when the community was established, they have not had access to improved water.
Nyong said the only borehole present in the community was donated by the MDG project, saying it has not been functional.
“A giant tank was merely constructed in the community with dry taps that never worked.
“Efforts to reach out to the contractor for information on the status of the project and why it is not working yielded no result,” he said.