Water scarcity in some part of Abuja metropolitan

Water source

It’s no longer news that some Abuja residents have been out of water supply since 15th July 2015. Source gathered that the reason for the water scarcity is as a result of a busted inlet pipe in the Dam (Usman Dam in Bwari) which has cost some part of the Abuja metropolitan area not having portable water supply. So on these note, the people of Abuja have no other alternative than to fall back to buy water from water hookers known as Mai Ruwa. Who tend to use the situation to inflate price on per 20 litters of gallon @ ₦100 against ₦20 making customers not having any options than to buy. Now the question on everyone lips is. When will the water be restored?

Mai-Ruwa

Our correspondent got to interview one of the mai-ruwa’s why the sudden inflation of price per liters and he stated that from the private owner of the bore-hole which serves as the source where there buy their water from increased the amount per truck (10 gallon in a truck) to ₦200 and not only that but the demand for water gets higher as residents in the affected areas buys more than one truck to serve their domestic purpose. As one of the truck pusher says pushing the truck fully loaded with 200 litters of water is very grueling and also makes them break down due to the stress involve. The mai-ruwa’s also seek the assistance of the government to rectify the problem that may have prompted the whole scarcity.

Usman Dam

Usman Dam