YOBE STATE WATER SUPPLY INFORMATION SYSTEM

Water supply in Yobe State has been at a stagger for decades, thus, hindering lives and economic activity of most of the people in the state especially in rural areas which account for about 80% of the total population of Yobe State.

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION IN YOBE STATE

The main city centres of Yobe state are of Damaturu, Potiskum, Gashua, Nguru and Geidam which makes up the five urban populations of Yobe State. The most populuous areas however are; Fune, Jakusko and Potiskum LGAs. Other LGAs include Bade, Bursari, Gujba, Gulani, Fika, Karasuwa, Machina, Nangere,, Tarmuwa, Yunusari, and Yusufari The distribution of population in these areas are shown below.

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DISTRIBUTION OF WATER FACILITIES IN YOBE STATE

About 7141 water facilities have been located across Yobe State, Out of these water sources, 3654 are Boreholes, 2930 are found to be Hand Pumps and the rest are 557.

The total number of water sources found across all LGAs are Bade: Bade: 509, Bursari: 240, Damaturu: 410, Fika: 242, Fune: 300, Geidam: 259, Gujba: 324, Gulani: 205, Jakusko: 648, Karasuwa: 993, Machina: 446, Nangere: 226, Nguru: 1090, Potiskum: 627, Tarmuwa: 199, Yunusari: 259, Yusufari: 164. The distribution of these facilities across each LGA is shown below and double clicking on an LGA will show the distribution of the facilities at each ward. The full report and analysis are found here

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FUNCTIONALITY OF WATER FACILILTIES

While there is a total of 7141 facilities in Yobe State, only 4077 are found to be functional while 3064 are found to be non functional. The assessment of functionality in these facilities is presented below where F refers to functional and NF are non functional. The functionality distribution of these facilities across each LGA is shown below and double clicking on an LGA will reveal functionality distributions at each ward and from ward back to LGAs. The full report and analysis are found here

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PROVISION AND OWNERSHIP OF WATER FACILILTIES

Out of all the water facilities in Yobe State, 630 were provided by the Federal Government of Nigeria, 1679 by the Yobe State Governement, 2392 by Local Government Authorities, 1369 by Non-Governmental Organisations and 1011 by Private Individuals.

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WATER COVERAGE ANALYSIS

Using the 2021 projected population of Yobe State, the water coverage is found to be if we consider only the functional water sources in Yobe State. However if we consider only the safe and functional water sources, the coverage becomes The compuation of the coverage percentage of water