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That Your Water Sachet is Causing Potholes.

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  By Oriola Odutoye and Ugochukwu Okafor   You read the title correctly. Your pure water nylon is causing potholes in our roads. Especially if you live in Lagos, Nigeria. This is an Issue on how Waste Management affects Infrastructure. Pure water, aka, Sachet Water is skiomething that most Nigerians know and would have consumed at least, 1000 times in their life time. At least, Most Nigerians. It retails for 10 Naira, or 20 Naira on days when the sun is really hot, and the pure water is really cold and scarce. It is usually served in nylon or plastic sachets for my American friends. It usually holds 50 cl volume of water. Lagos is Nigeria's economic center. If it were an African country of its own, it would be the 4th biggest economy. Multinationals, Industries, Government Agencies, you name it, they are in Lagos. If you are looking for something, tangible or intangible, and it doesn't exist in Lagos, it probably doesn't exist on the African continent. On any given da