Enugu residents have lamented the scarcity of water in the state by trending #NoWaterInEnugu on social media.
Airing their grievances on microblogging platform, Twitter, the residents complained bitterly about long queues in getting water to carry out essential chores in their households.
According to some Twitter users, the situation did not begin recently and no solution has been proferred, making water expensive and mostly unavailable during the dry season in the state.
@chrispehn tweeted “They have boreholes in their houses, even bought tankers for water, they don’t care about the obiagu, abakpa, coal camp, agbani rd, etc person. commissioners, house of rep members cashin out daily on the thirstiness of its people in @Coal_City. Shame!”
@NsukkaOkpa tweeted: “This is a legit Question.. What is the solution to the lack of water problem in Enugu.. we all know how complex the geomorphology of the area is and how you may dig and not find water. what is the solution? Or do we keep dragging authority that won’t respond?”
@Ikennabush tweeted: “So many people go to work in Enugu without bathing…Na so water scarcity reach for this beautiful city. Where water dey kwanu? Most well has dried up.”
@kingofmen tweetd:”please the whole world needs to know. This has to be some sort of warfare. We need water. #NoWaterInEnugu”
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@realchidoski tweeted: “I served in Enugu 2018/19 and water was like gold. Thankfully the compound I stayed had a well but the water was always dirty. #NoWaterInEnugu can marred the good Achievement of the government if something is not done now!”
@cangxrl tweeted:”he reality of #NoWaterInEnugu is indeed a sad one. Spent a full blown year in Agbani, Enugu and boyy, to get water na ultimate search. So shameful.”
@citymallz tweeted “For more than 12 hours #NoWaterInEnugu has been trending on Twitter.
That is to tell you how bad it is for Ndi Enugu. To access water here, you would have to know someone that knows someone that has a water tanker.”
