After enduring years of hardship and suffering from waterborne diseases caused by lack of access to clean water, five Ogun agrarian communities finally found relief as the Federal Government through the Border Communities Development Agency intervened and drilled a borehole for them.
Over the past three weeks, Ibrahim Shuaibu, 35, finds himself in agony, often writhing on the dusty floor, desperately seeking relief from the relentless pain torturing his body. Unlike others who hide their sufferings, Ibrahim is unable to conceal his pain, as he witnesses a distressing transformation in his body. Every time he drinks the tainted rainwater collected from an open-dug land, his private part swells, causing ominous consequences. In Kyadawa Community, in the Gada LGA of Sokoto State, water has become more valuable than petroleum, a crucial source of life.