Ukome Village in Ibeku recently discovered water after many years of unbearable hardship. Charles Ajunwa and Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo write on how this jinx was broken
For years several attempts made by government and private individuals to sink borehole in Ukome village did not yield water. The search for underground water in this agrarian village located in Umuahia North local government of Abia State was so difficult and frustrating that everybody appeared to have given up the search for water.
Yet the thirst for underground water from their land remained strong. They could not understand why water that nature has stored beneath their soil could not be reached to quench their thirst. The Ukome villagers said that over the years they had been made to believe that borehole drilling would never yield water in their area. More so “experts” had tried without success and handed down the discouraging verdict that underground water was beyond reach. The people resigned to their fate. “