FCT ABUJA, COMMUNITY DIED FROM TAKING MUDDY AND SANDY WATER

 DRINKING DIRTY WATER CAUSES DEATH. 

"Access to clean water is one of our most basic human needs.

However, one in four people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water, which is a major health risk. Unsafe water is responsible for more than a million deaths each year." BY WORLD WATER DATA

Residents are faced with challenges of water born disease, especially the choreala and other related sicknesses.

In Gawu Community, under kuje area council children and women are faced with challenges of health after taking dirty water on the stream, With a population of over 500+ residents, they are faced with the hardship of getting water from the stream. According to a report from Tracka.ng BudgiT Nigeria where it was discovered that the lack of clean water has led to the death of one Mr. Goga Pashe lamented the loss of lives due to water-borne diseases, “What can we do? Nothing, because the government has forgotten us and made us feel as if we are not part of Abuja. Kuje Area Council is one of the five area councils in FCT, which is even closer to town than Abaji and Kwali, but see the kind of suffering we undergo because of lack of good water in this modern day. Is it too much to ask for clean water for this community at this age and time?”

World Health Organisation facts state that :

In 2021, over 2 billion people live in water-stressed countries, which is expected to be exacerbated in some regions as a result of climate change and population growth (1).

In 2022, globally, at least 1.7 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces. Microbial contamination of drinking water as a result of contamination with faeces poses the greatest risk to drinking water safety.

Safe and sufficient water facilitates the practice of hygiene, which is a key measure to prevent not only diarrhoeal diseases but also acute respiratory infections and numerous neglected tropical diseases.

Microbiologically contaminated drinking water can transmit diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio and is estimated to cause approximately 505 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year. 

In 2022, 73% of the global population (6 billion people) used a safely managed drinking-water service – that is, one located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination.

According to Maryam, a resident, lamented and said “We have been using this water since I was born in this com

munity. I saw my parents using the same stream water for domestic activities. I’m now married, and my children are using it too. This is the only source of water we have in the community, despite its colour, we keep using it because we have no other choice. My children have always been in and out of our centre, and I have been told by the Nurse in charge that the sicknesses were due to lack of good water. Whenever we treat the sicknesses, it comes back again”