In some pictures uploaded on X by a civic tech platform, Monitng, which was sighted by SaharaReporters on Monday, some women from the community were seen fetching dirty water and putting it in their buckets.
Residents of Sumpe community, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have lamented the lack of potable water in their community.
In some pictures uploaded on X by a civic tech platform, Monitng, which was sighted by SaharaReporters on Monday, some women from the community were seen fetching dirty water and putting it in their buckets.
"This is Sumpe community, Bwari Municipal Council FCT, Abuja, where over 1000 residents rely on dirty stream water for their daily consumption.
"We're are calling you to direct the relevant authorities to do the needful," the group wrote.
Only last week, there was reports that residents of a rural community in Nigeria were seen in viral videos lamenting the scarcity of water in their area.
According to the residents, the situation made them travel as far as another community in Niger Republic before they could fetch water to drink and carry out their daily house chores.
“This is the community that travels to Niger Republic to get water every blessed day,” a source had captioned the video.
He had continued: “According to them, a person can spend about two weeks before it’s his turn to fetch water and without getting a single 25 litres of water.
“They’re in desperate need of assistance to get water. Please let’s join our hands together and help these people. We’re planning to dig two boreholes for them, the manual and solar boreholes."