Residents of Ngozia, a community in the Tamale southconstituency in the Northern region are compelled to share the only watersource in the community with ducks, cattle and other animals in the community.
A visit to the community by Adom News, Illiasu Abdul Rauf Dabre revealed the current situation was a result of water shortage as the dry season sets in.
Some female students of the community in an interview with Adom news shared the unpleasant experience they go through dailyin their quest to have access to portable water.
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“We have to wake up as early as 4:00am and walk about 2 to 3 kilometres get to portable water. However, this search is a dream which is never realised.”
An Assembly Member for the area Abu Haruna however appealed to the public for support.
“We are calling on government; NGO’s and Cooperateentities to come to come to our aid to construct a mechanized borehole that will supply the entire community. We are dying because we share the same water with ducks and cattle. Portable water is all we ask,” he cried.
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The chief of Ngozia Yakubu Napare also appealed to the government to treat their story as a matter of urgency.
According to the chief, their only source of water
“When it rains, human waste and other harmful materials get into the water which we also fetch to drink.”
The Ngozia community is noted to be a water borne disease prone area and has recorded the death of most children in the community.