Despite the fact that Awonge community in Nasarawa State has produced eminent indigenes, the residents suffer basic amenities. The situation is evident of the absence of government presence thereby leaving the community in total neglect of social amenities, particularly water supply and electricity. Investigations revealed that over 1.1 billion people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water, while drinking contaminated water is responsible for 88% of the over four billion cases of diarrhoeal diseases that occur in the world’s today. It is also shown that millions of Africans die yearly because of unsafe water, also responsible for childhood malnutrition in most cases. The Head of the area, Mai Angwan Abosho, Mr Sule Obile, said he grew up to cope with the stream water as the only source of water supply to the community.

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 18, 2018 02:15 UTC