Pure Water producers announce increment in price of bag

The Kano State section of the Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has announced an upward reappraisal successful the terms of sachet water, popularly known arsenic “pure water,” citing rising accumulation costs.

In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the association, Anas Idris Hassan said the terms of a container of sachet water, antecedently sold astatine N220 has present been adjusted to a minimum of N300 crossed the state.

Hassan explained that the determination followed what helium described arsenic an unsustainable summation successful the outgo of indispensable accumulation materials, which helium said has risen by astir two-thirds.

According to the association, the terms of printing movie utilized for packaging has climbed to N3,700, portion the outgo of state and substance has reached N1,500 per litre.

The relation besides noted that the persistent deficiency of unchangeable energy has forced astir factories to beryllium heavy connected generators, further expanding operational expenses.

Hassan described the reappraisal arsenic a last-resort aimed astatine ensuring the continued availability of harmless drinking h2o for residents of the state.

ATWAP Chairman, Ahmad Bala Hudu said the accommodation was indispensable to forestall the illness of the sachet h2o accumulation manufacture successful the state.

Despite the terms increase, Hudu warned producers against compromising connected h2o quali...