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The General Manager of Taraba State Water Supply Agency, Mr Buba Musa, has disclosed that the agency currently loses N72 million annually as a result of water leakages from broken pipes and nonpayment of bills by water consumers.

Musa made the disclosure at a media roundtable meeting tagged: E-WASH (Effective Water Sanitation and Hygiene Services) on Thursday in Jalingo.

The programme was sponsored by USAID in Nigeria.

According to him, among the agency’s debtors were government ministries, agencies, parastatal organisations and residents.

He, therefore, appealed to all the consumers to pay their bills, promptly, to enable the agency serve them better, warning that the increase in population of people in Jalingo, due to insecurity in some states in the Northeast, called for an efficient water supply within the state to cope with the pressure.

Musa reminded the consumers that the high cost of generating potable water and maintenance of broken pipes were affecting the operations of the agency.

According to him, the agency injects a minimum of N8 million monthly into the generation of water but realizes only N2 million monthly.

He urged the residents to also report activities of vandals to the agency, adding they were militating against sustainable water supply in the state.

Blue3k2:
Source: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/06/27/taraba-water-agency-loses-n72m-annually-general-manager/

Blue3k2:
If the customers refuse to pay why are you supplying them? This is the 2nd or 3rd state I read with this issue. It's funny it's the government not paying government.

How many of you guys get water from this agency? Is their service good and inexpensive?

driand:


Why do you want people to pay for water that was given freely by God?

FarahAideed:
Does Nigeria have a any working Water Board service ?

Acedave1:
abeg make i hear word



they refuse to pay, who refuse pay the government workers or the individuals..


have never taste pipe borne water, suppy by gov since i was born



only 3% of the population are benefiting not even benefiting cos they are paying for it

driand:


Why do you want people to pay for water that was given freely by God?

Water from the sky was given freely. However, to get it to the taps in your house is not free!Utilities spend a lot of money; more than you can imagine to get water from source to the taps

72m only?It simply means less than 35% of the states have access to pipe borne water

blue3k2:
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