Water: An essential basic necessity —A case study of Ogun State of Nigeria

Abstract

The management of water supply in Nigeria was studied using Ogun State as a case study with a view to : (i) Examine the objectives of Ogun State Water Corporation. (ii) Highlight the performance, efficiency and effectiveness of teh Corporation via-vis the specific function which it is set up ot perform. (iii) Analyse teh problems and suggest solution to the Corporation's problem. The Ogun State War Corporation is the parastatal responsible for the management and supply of water to urban and rural areas of Ogun State to prevent water pollution and incidence of water borne disease like cholera, diarrhoea, dysentary, guinea-worm, gastro-enteritis, typhoid fever, schistosomiasis and onchoceriasis. At the moment, there are 21 water-supply schemes serving only an estimated population of 1.5 million people —about 53% of the population of the State. The Corporation hopes to increase their production by expanding the old schemes and constructing new ones so that by the year 2000 it will be able to supply about 90% of the population of the State with pipe borne water.