Kano, Nigeria, 22 July-(ANA)-Some 5,000 inhabitants from five villages in Nigeria's northern Kano state have threatened to relocate to the state capital, Kano, in protest at 30 years of grappling with acute water shortages.
Villagers in Rigar-Rana, Agale, Dandani, Kwabo and Barebari in Gwarzo district, 120km south of Kano city, collectively announced they would leave after the September harvest, following 15 years of fruitless appeals to local authorities to build a well.
None of the five villages has access to open or closed wells.
"We are facing a disaster here due to acute water shortage. Here are our roots which we would not want to abandon but with the way things are, if the situation persists we may not have any other option but to leave," Gambo Dan-Madana, chief imam of the five affected villages, said.
Nigeria is among four West African countries where less than half of the residents can access safe drinking water, according to the UN. (ANA)
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