As the world marked the 2014 World Water Day on Saturday, many Nigerians renewed the call for the erection of more pumps to ensure steady supply of pipe-borne water to the citizenry.
A cross section of people in some parts of the country expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday.
While some praised the efforts of some state governments in the provision of water, others called for the phasing out of indiscriminate drilling of boreholes and unwholesome well water.
A resident of the FCT, Mr. Sampson Ebine, said many satellite towns depended solely on private boreholes and water vendors for their domestic water use.
"The FCT, above all other cities in the country, is not supposed to lack water, because it is supposed to be a model city, one of the greatest in Africa.
"But you notice that only core centres like Wuse, Garki, Maitama, Asokoro, have flowing water and these are areas where the working population in Abuja cannot afford," he said.
Similarly, some Lagos residents said the situation was no different in most parts of Lagos.
"Almost 70 per cent of Lagos residents are accessing water supply through vendors, we cannot guarantee the water quality and treatment," a businessman residing in Lagos, Jide Bolaji, said.
In Enugu, residents called on the state government and the water board to speed up work on pipe laying to provide water to residents instead of water tanks, which supply water to major parts of the state capital. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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