Challenges of Water Supply in Nigeria Since 1999 and its Consequences on Economic Development

Abstract

There is a dialectically strong relationship between infrastructure and national development. The developmental height attained by industrialized nations of the world is influenced by the availability of infrastructure. The Challenges of water supply prevalent in any given nation has the capacity to slow down the pace of national development therein. This is undoubtedly true because, water, often regarded as the well spring of life or blue gold is critical to the sustainability of mankind, animals, plants including the functionality of the various sectors of the Nigerian economy. Without doubt, it plays significant social-economic roles in the society. However, the provision of potable drinking water to the generality of the Nigerian masses has increasingly become problematic due to factors such as pollution, climate change, inadequate funding, collapsed infrastructure, corruption, increased population and so on. Government’s effort at redressing the water question since 1999 has not adequately satisfied the people’s thirst. With the aid of primary and secondary sources of data therefore, this study examines the challenges of water supply in Nigeria Since 1999 and its consequences on economic development. The main aim is to assess the causes of water scarcity, it’s implication and the developmental challenges it poses to the
Nigerian State in the 21st century.