Nigeria: In Nigeria’s Water Tug of War, Cleanliness and Access Collide

In the quiet, peri-urban community of Kuje in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, Amina Hassan, 34, wakes up at 4 a.m. each day to join a long queue to fetch water.

Her water source? A shallow, visibly contaminated well which is the only option for her household of six and many other families in the area. Her story mirrors the everyday reality of millions of Nigerians who endure the daily torment of water scarcity and exposure to waterborne diseases.

While access to water is a basic human right, in…