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How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Ezewuzie01(op): 6:09pm On Jun 02, 2025
Many years ago, Enugu was ahead of Lagos in southern Nigeria's movie industry. Actors swarmed the town as the industry boomed there. However over time a major challenge emerged that drove the industry elsewhere. Water! Yes, water. So terrible was the lack of water in that town that actors could barely bathe as many hotels had to book for three days advance for water tankers to bring water all the way from far flunged places like Oji river near the Anambra boundary. Eventually the Onitsha-based marketers had to relocate the industry to nearby Asaba as the water crisis in Enugu became unbearable.

Peter Mbah of Enugu state is still beating around the bush with cosmetic projects as Enugu continues to suffer lack of water while its people flee to neighbouring states.
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Ezewuzie01(op): 6:16pm On Jun 02, 2025
Gidgiddy what do you think about this?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Ezewuzie01(op): 6:22pm On Jun 02, 2025
EasternActivist how can we school Peter Mbah to provide the basic water that Enugu residents have been crying over for decades?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by helinues: 6:36pm On Jun 02, 2025
Lack of water in a bullionaires state?

How?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by rinzaugustine: 6:38pm On Jun 02, 2025
Ezewuzie01:
EasternActivist how can we school Peter Mbah to provide the basic water that Enugu residents have been crying over for decades?
Very wrong assumption from your imagination. I have never heard of any hotel in Enugu complain of lack of water Enugu because even though the city limits of Enugu is hard to dig out water ( bore hole costs more than 10m) but neighboring surburbs like nightmile, Nike, Oji river that’s few kilometers away have water so not an issue in Enugu so I don’t know where you got the baseless assumptions from maybe you probably can’t afford to sleep in a hotel in Enugu
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by madridguy(m): 6:39pm On Jun 02, 2025
Why not just keep Lagos out of your mouth for once? Na must to always compare everything with Lagos? When una start producing movie self ?

Ezewuzie01:
Many years ago, Enugu was ahead of Lagos in southern Nigeria's movie industry. Actors swarmed the town as the industry boomed there. However over time a major challenge emerged that drove the industry elsewhere. Water! Yes, water. So terrible was the lack of water in that town that actors could barely bathe as many hotels had to book for three days advance for water tankers to bring water all the way from far flunged places like Oji river near the Anambra boundary. Eventually the Onitsha-based marketers had to relocate the industry to nearby Asaba as the water crisis in Enugu became unbearable.

Peter Mbah of Enugu state is still beating around the bush with cosmetic projects as Enugu continues to suffer lack of water while its people flee to neighbouring states.
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by madridguy(m): 6:45pm On Jun 02, 2025
You go fear na grin

helinues:
Lack of water in a bullionaires state?

How?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by helinues: 6:45pm On Jun 02, 2025
madridguy:
You go fear na grin
They claimed they only elect credible leaders but we have been seeing opposite
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by christejames(m): 6:45pm On Jun 02, 2025
A very useless assumption...


Who told you there is no water in Enugu? The major problem is reticulation and distribution. You can even dig well (or drill borehole at a costly rate to bypass the coal reserve) just that the water will be hard due to the coal. In my cousin's house then at Abakpa, there is well in front of the house where we fect water from.


They left Enugu due to the increasing hike in things then especially for movie producers, like locations, transport and the likes when the people in the city started taking advantage of their presence, Asaba became a cheaper alternative but they are gradually returning now...


Remember, all the classic Nollywood movies till date were produced and shot at Enugu.
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by madridguy(m): 6:59pm On Jun 02, 2025
Which yeye leaders? People that na until they escaped from their region before they access many amenities.

helinues:
They claimed they only elect credible leaders but we have been seeing opposite
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by helinues: 7:02pm On Jun 02, 2025
madridguy:
Which yeye leaders? People that na until they escaped from their region before they access many amenities.
The claiming is just self delusional as they are doing the opposite
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Richtaiwo(m): 7:03pm On Jun 02, 2025
helinues:
Lack of water in a bullionaires state?

How?
Please allow us concentrate. We are still trying to address the problem of water shortage in the North.

Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by madridguy(m): 7:03pm On Jun 02, 2025
Yes naa, why do you think they always cry when you tell them to go back to their region?

helinues:
The claiming is just self delusional as they are doing the opposite
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by helinues: 7:04pm On Jun 02, 2025
madridguy:
Yes naa, why do you think they always cry when you tell them to go back to their region?
The go back home statement is suicidal oo

grin
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by helinues: 7:05pm On Jun 02, 2025
Richtaiwo:
Please allow us concentrate. We are still trying to address the problem of water shortage in the North.
Imagine Ayraa star borehole with Agulu trader borehole. The difference is clear
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by floss(m): 7:41pm On Jun 02, 2025
helinues:
Imagine Ayraa star borehole with Agulu trader borehole. The difference is clear
You’re doing well in your mind ooo, I love the mindset
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by helinues: 7:43pm On Jun 02, 2025
floss:
You’re doing well in your mind ooo, I love the mindset
Unfortunately, your soul is failing you..
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by SusanOpeyemi(f): 7:54pm On Jun 02, 2025
helinues:
Unfortunately, your soul is failing you..
Nairaland is boring with spam bot and without cancellation botton. I might quit here soon. You will miss me darling, isn't it?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Ezewuzie01(op): 7:54pm On Jun 02, 2025
christejames:
A very useless assumption...


Who told you there is no water in Enugu? The major problem is reticulation and distribution. You can even dig well (or drill borehole at a costly rate to bypass the coal reserve) just that the water will be hard due to the coal. In my cousin's house then at Abakpa, there is well in front of the house where we fect water from.


They left Enugu due to the increasing hike in things then especially for movie producers, like locations, transport and the likes when the people in the city started taking advantage of their presence, Asaba became a cheaper alternative but they are gradually returning now...


Remember, all the classic Nollywood movies till date were produced and shot at Enugu.
Keep deceiving yourself. Nollywood has left Enugu for good. The Onitsha-based marketers are very comfortable with Asaba. They cannot go back to Egypt. And besides, water is still hard to come by in Enugu. If not, why so many water tankers moving up and down town?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Ikaeniyan0: 8:32pm On Jun 02, 2025
There was no time in history Enugu was ahead of Lagos in the movie industry.
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by floss(m): 9:32pm On Jun 02, 2025
helinues:
Unfortunately, your soul is failing you..
I don’t have one, so how can what I don’t have fail me ?

My religion doesn’t believe in anything called soul
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by agadez007(m): 10:36pm On Jun 02, 2025
helinues:
Lack of water in a bullionaires state?

How?
A foreigner who comes online to Nairaland will think Yoruba land is Lagos
These are your homestates,what are you doing to help them,no you are in Lagos dragging your betters

Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Starboytwo(m): 10:55pm On Jun 02, 2025
So how can they come back??

Abi what's the purpose of the thread??
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Ezmans: 11:06pm On Jun 02, 2025
helinues:
Lack of water in a bullionaires state?

How?
no state capital in Nigeria have water
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Ofodirinwa: 11:32pm On Jun 02, 2025
Ezewuzie01:
Many years ago, Enugu was ahead of Lagos in southern Nigeria's movie industry. Actors swarmed the town as the industry boomed there. However over time a major challenge emerged that drove the industry elsewhere. Water! Yes, water. So terrible was the lack of water in that town that actors could barely bathe as many hotels had to book for three days advance for water tankers to bring water all the way from far flunged places like Oji river near the Anambra boundary. Eventually the Onitsha-based marketers had to relocate the industry to nearby Asaba as the water crisis in Enugu became unbearable.

Peter Mbah of Enugu state is still beating around the bush with cosmetic projects as Enugu continues to suffer lack of water while its people flee to neighbouring states.
why didn't they move it to Onitsha then?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Brenbentondiaz: 1:31am On Jun 03, 2025
rinzaugustine:
Very wrong assumption from your imagination. I have never heard of any hotel in Enugu complain of lack of water Enugu because even though the city limits of Enugu is hard to dig out water ( bore hole costs more than 10m) but neighboring surburbs like nightmile, Nike, Oji river that’s few kilometers away have water so not an issue in Enugu so I don’t know where you got the baseless assumptions from maybe you probably can’t afford to sleep in a hotel in Enugu
How much is 10m to billionaires? Just chicken change. Each family there can build at least 3 boreholes for each building, since everyone is a billionaire there.
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Nobody: 5:47am On Jun 03, 2025
Ofodirinwa:
why didn't they move it to Onitsha then?
ipob, criminals, night life is very risky
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Orinechi: 6:47am On Jun 03, 2025
madridguy:
Why not just keep Lagos out of your mouth for once? Na must to always compare everything with Lagos? When una start producing movie self ?
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by Orinechi: 6:56am On Jun 03, 2025
rinzaugustine:
Very wrong assumption from your imagination. I have never heard of any hotel in Enugu complain of lack of water Enugu because even though the city limits of Enugu is hard to dig out water ( bore hole costs more than 10m) but neighboring surburbs like nightmile, Nike, Oji river that’s few kilometers away have water so not an issue in Enugu so I don’t know where you got the baseless assumptions from maybe you probably can’t afford to sleep in a hotel in Enugu
Water is an issue in Enugu. Stop denying the obvious. I am from there. What is 10m to government if it sees water as a priority.
Re: How Asaba Replaced Enugu As Nollywood Capital Due To Lack Of Water In Enugu by udwise123: 10:08am On Jun 03, 2025
rinzaugustine:
Very wrong assumption from your imagination. I have never heard of any hotel in Enugu complain of lack of water Enugu because even though the city limits of Enugu is hard to dig out water ( bore hole costs more than 10m) but neighboring surburbs like nightmile, Nike, Oji river that’s few kilometers away have water so not an issue in Enugu so I don’t know where you got the baseless assumptions from maybe you probably can’t afford to sleep in a hotel in Enugu
Not sure you're right about this.
I stayed at NOHE Abakpa , not even a single place in that hospital has water.
They depend on water tankers to supply water. I mean a whole national orthopedic hospital.
So water source with the huge bill people pay on daily.
I was so disappointed with the experience, imagine creating an opening on the storage tanks for rain water.
Plus birds, vulture etc will shit inside and we use it to bath and some even cook it.
Omor
For the 7 months I stayed there.
I spend an average of 22k monthly on pure water.
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