By Owei Lakemfa
A diplomat from the Group of Seven, G7, countries in March 2026, invited me to dinner in Abuja. The first thing he asked was how I was coping with water supply. The diplomatic mission, like some others, is suffering disruption of water supply. I explained that since I relocated to Abuja from Lagos a quarter of a century ago, I had dug a borehole for my water supply.
Diplomats from industrialised
countries complaining of constant water supply disruption is understandable for
they do not experience this in their countries. But for the Nigerian people who
may need to sit, squat or stand on the mandate of politicians, such complaint
might border on treason.
On March 25, 2026, a certain 38-year-old Hamisu Abdullahi, a father of four and a ‘common’ carpenter, had the audacity to make such a complaint.
