{"id":2247,"date":"2022-01-14T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2022-01-14T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T08:04:00","slug":"kogi-nycn-vows-to-resist-hike-in-sachet-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-nycn-vows-to-resist-hike-in-sachet-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi NYCN Vows to Resist Hike in Sachet Water\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Kogi State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, (NYCN) has condemned the price hike of a sachet of pure water from N10 to N20 by the Association of Pure Water Producers in the state.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The State Chairman of the Council, Usman Samuel Ogohi said the excuse that the cost of materials was the reason for the hike in price of a sachet of pure water is rather unfounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The NYCN said the move is being perceived to be a sinister attempt to make life unbearable for the people of the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWe have on very good account through our networks in other states that the price of materials, mostly disposables needed in the production of pure water has remained constant in the past eight months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe price of sachet water in states such as Benue, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and even Niger has remained constant\u201d, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He added that the NYCN is very much aware of the move by the union to create artificial scarcity of the commodity in other to raise demand and \u201callow for their sinister price hike to stand .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWe on this account call on the Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) and other independent producers to reconsider their decision and revert to the normal price of N10 per sachet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWe will leave no stone unturned to ensure that this move by ATWAP does not frustrate the effort of citizen\u2019s access to affordable potable drinking water\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He stressed further that the National Youth Council of Nigeria will be constituting a committee to meet with the state government to share its findings on this matter and \u201censure all efforts to economically stifle Kogites are put to a halt\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Recall that despite meeting with the State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumin Danga, the Association of Table Water Producers, ATWAP said there is no going back on the increment in the price of \u2018pure water\u2019 to N200 per bag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Chairman of Kogi ATWAP, Mr. Joseph Eseyin told Newsmen in Lokoja that the agreement reached with government representatives led by the Water Resources Commissioner is that the price remains N200 per bag and each sachet of water be sold at N15 as against the N20 announced last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cSelling water at #15 will still enable the retailers make a profit margin of N100 per bag which is 50%. 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