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The Water Merchants of Lagos

Through Ayobami Ogungbe's 'Watering Lagos', we walk into the world of water retailing in one of Africa's largest economies

Solomon Elusoji
Jan 24, 2019
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Being a Meruwa is not a lucrative job Photo by Ayobami Ogungbe, provided to The Question Marker

In Lagos, a city girded by the ocean and a lagoon, potable water is a scarce commodity. For years, its government has tussled with civil societies over the privatisation of the city’s water infrastructure, a confrontation that has been marked by allegations of…

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