₦airaland Forum

TimeManager:
These are trucks coming from neighbouring states yet charging exorbitant prices for water. Average Nigerians will take advantage of any situation or crisis to enrich themselves. Certain situations demand a human face. How long will Enugu endure this water crisis?


-Kiss the truth!

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Zik moved the capital of Eastern Nigeria from Calabar , a coastal city to Enugu all out of tribal sentiments.

Before there was Abuja, Enugu was fulfilling that role with all the resources from the region concentrated in developing an inhabitable Enugu.

Instead of developing Calabar to rival Lagos, tribal sentiments saw Zik move the capital in 1960 to Enugu from Calabar. If not Calabar why not PH? And after doing this , Zik went to Lagos to be dragging it with Yorubas.

It's really appalling that such a large city as Enugu can not fix the water problem.

What's stopping successive governments from piping water from Orji river or 9th mile and using the surrounding hills as gravity pumps to households? For where! Instead a cartel of water tanker operators were left to operate and this same cartel are composed of very powerful people connected to governments that will not let the government to invest in a very simple centralised water supply system. Just imagine the revenue that the state government can generate from simple water works.

Bede2u:
water is also a problem in Nevada. In Qatar, the government converts sea water into drinking water. SE is not connected to the sea. The only way out is for Enugu to dig for ground water (which is the current ineffective method) or to look for a way to convert a river into drinking water or partner with a state that is close to a large water body.

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Zik moved the capital of Eastern Nigeria from Calabar , a coastal city to Enugu all out of tribal sentiments.

Before there was Abuja, Enugu was fulfilling that role with all the resources from the region concentrated in developing an inhabitable Enugu.

Instead of developing Calabar to rival Lagos, tribal sentiments saw Zik move the capital in 1960 to Enugu from Calabar. If not Calabar why not PH? And after doing this , Zik went to Lagos to be dragging it with Yorubas.

It's really appalling that such a large city as Enugu can not fix the water problem.

What's stopping successive governments from piping water from Orji river or 9th mile and using the surrounding hills as gravity pumps to households? For where! Instead a cartel of water tanker operators were left to operate and this same cartel are composed of very powerful people connected to governments that will not let the government to invest in a very simple centralised water supply system. Just imagine the revenue that the state government can generate from simple water works.

zero8zero:
Hmm, coal was once a golden commodity before oil was discovered, it's now turned to a curse.

Bede2u:
the issue is peculiar to enugu because of the coal soil. I don't think Anambra has that issue.

pazienza:
Writing nonsense as usual!
Eastern region source of revenue were :

1. Coal
2. Palm oil
3. Taxation.

Enugu and indeed Igboland contributed the lion share of number 2 and 3 and the only part that has number 2.
Even PH was built just because of Enugu coal and was developed using Enugu Coal

Eastern region didn't receive money from crude oil until during the civil war at which time Ojukwu and FG were fighting over the crude oil revenue.

By the way, your Calabar didn't have coal and didn't have enough business to provide tax returns!

It wasn't Zik who made Enugu the capital of Eastern region.
It was the British. Enugu was made the capital of the newly created Eastern region in 1938.
Calabar was never at any point the capital of Eastern region. It was briefly the capital of Southern protectorate before the capital was moved to Lagos by Sir Egerton just before Southern and Northern Nigeria amalgamation in 1914.

Zik isn't the cause of your problems. This is why I hate IPOB because they keep trying to force Ndiigbo into a useless Biafra with you Igbo hating Minorities.
This was how your Igbo hating Calabar parents went and told the British during the Willink commission that Ndiigbo built street lights for Onitsha and didn't build for your Calabar.
But when the British made investigation, they discovered that it was Onitsha business community that contributed money and built the street lights for Onitsha by themselves.

IPOB is a useless organisation for trying to link Ndiigbo with Minorities.

Bede2u:
water is also a problem in Nevada. In Qatar, the government converts sea water into drinking water. SE is not connected to the sea. The only way out is for Enugu to dig for ground water (which is the current ineffective method) or to look for a way to convert a river into drinking water or partner with a state that is close to a large water body.

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Zik moved the capital of Eastern Nigeria from Calabar , a coastal city to Enugu all out of tribal sentiments.

Before there was Abuja, Enugu was fulfilling that role with all the resources from the region concentrated in developing an inhabitable Enugu.

Instead of developing Calabar to rival Lagos, tribal sentiments saw Zik move the capital in 1960 to Enugu from Calabar. If not Calabar why not PH? And after doing this , Zik went to Lagos to be dragging it with Yorubas.

It's really appalling that such a large city as Enugu can not fix the water problem.

What's stopping successive governments from piping water from Orji river or 9th mile and using the surrounding hills as gravity pumps to households? For where! Instead a cartel of water tanker operators were left to operate and this same cartel are composed of very powerful people connected to governments that will not let the government to invest in a very simple centralised water supply system. Just imagine the revenue that the state government can generate from simple water works.

zero8zero:
Hmm, coal was once a golden commodity before oil was discovered, it's now turned to a curse.

jmoore:
Some of you make ridiculous posts and add emoji to it.

1. I said the governor should do his job and you are saying he will turn coal to water. Are the private people supplying water turning coal to water?

2. There are Ekulu, Asata, Ogbete, Aria, Idaw and Nyaba rivers in Enugu state. Water can be sourced from these rivers and be treated in a water treatment facility before distribution to homes. Second option is to pump water from River Niger from Anambra to Enugu water treatment plants.

3. Boreholes can still be drilled in terrains like Enugu where coal poses a challenge. But it's expensive. Government has the money.


Embrace education and stop shouting 'kiss the truth' at the end of your ridiculous comments.

Goldensword:
That your second line shows you are not residents in enugu state, there's no large body of water in those areas you mentioned, it's just a tiny streams of water,

The major obstacle to enugu water projects is lack of functional pipes network and the government is doing something serious about it now, they're laying pipes across the city centre now, some areas like obiagu, ogbete, new haven which have good existing pipes network are enjoying steady water supply now.

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Zik moved the capital of Eastern Nigeria from Calabar , a coastal city to Enugu all out of tribal sentiments.

Before there was Abuja, Enugu was fulfilling that role with all the resources from the region concentrated in developing an inhabitable Enugu.

Instead of developing Calabar to rival Lagos, tribal sentiments saw Zik move the capital in 1960 to Enugu from Calabar. If not Calabar why not PH? And after doing this , Zik went to Lagos to be dragging it with Yorubas.

It's really appalling that such a large city as Enugu can not fix the water problem.

What's stopping successive governments from piping water from Orji river or 9th mile and using the surrounding hills as gravity pumps to households? For where! Instead a cartel of water tanker operators were left to operate and this same cartel are composed of very powerful people connected to governments that will not let the government to invest in a very simple centralised water supply system. Just imagine the revenue that the state government can generate from simple water works.

IGBOPROMISE1:
Look who's accusing others of tribal sentiments! It's clear there's lot of you Igbo-haters on here that know quite a bit about the south-east....either that, or it's just one or two of you with multiple monikers, trying to give the impression of 'mass anti-Igbo angst'! I pity any Igbo that thinks they're safe in their own region and lets their guard down around you....you'll stick the knife in as soon as they turn their back on you!

Amudeneogu:
Gov. Peter Mba is trying but the problem is that the water tanker people are making things difficult for him.

jmoore:
Some of you make ridiculous posts and add emoji to it.

1. I said the governor should do his job and you are saying he will turn coal to water. Are the private people supplying water turning coal to water?

2. There are Ekulu, Asata, Ogbete, Aria, Idaw and Nyaba rivers in Enugu state. Water can be sourced from these rivers and be treated in a water treatment facility before distribution to homes. Second option is to pump water from River Niger from Anambra to Enugu water treatment plants.

3. Boreholes can still be drilled in terrains like Enugu where coal poses a challenge. But it's expensive. Government has the money.


Embrace education and stop shouting 'kiss the truth' at the end of your ridiculous comments.

CodeTemplar:
Same enugu rejecting FG projects or another one? Clowns. . .