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“We dey dry season and rain no dey fall, only from rain season we dey get water in abundance,” he said. Mr Nnamdi who has two children and his wife is pregnant with their third, buys pure water to drink because they can’t afford to buy supplied water sold between N5,000 to N20,000 every month.
In 2021, 111,062 Cholera cases were suspected in Nigeria with a total death figure of 3,604 in thirty four states of the country.
“The nurse said my daughter’s sickness resulted from the continued drinking of contaminated water. After spending all my savings and selling some of my valuables to treat her, I was forced to borrow an additional N10,000 from friends or risk losing my daughter to Cholera.”
The World Water Day is commemorated every 22nd of March since 1993. The day is set apart to celebrate the significance of water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis.
