Don advocates stricter regulation on borehole drilling, sachet water production

From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
A Professor of Geography at the Federal University of Lokoja, Samuel Ibrahim, has called on the government to enforce stricter regulations on borehole drilling and sachet water production to avoid the outbreak of serious waterborne diseases in the country.
Prof Ibrahim, who gave this warning while delivering the 47th inaugural lecture at the Felele campus of the university, said minimum international standards are not being followed in the production of sachet and table water, nor in the drilling of boreholes, which can constitute serious health hazards.
In his lecture, entitled ‘Water Is Life. Is Our Water Living? Confronting The Water Quality Crisis I...