Access To and Struggle for Water by Rural Women in the Settlements Along the Permanent Site of Federal University of Technology(FUT), Minna

Abstract

One general aspect of planning that has not received the right emphasis it deserves is rural planning. It is assumed that the rural areas are taking care of in the process of city planning. However, rural areas have peculiar characteristics, and dwellers have similar problems such as free and easy to infrastructure, services and amenities. Water is one of the essential necessities of life. It is essential for health and necessary for the production of food and economic growth, and the support of the environment. The fulfillment of poor people’s water-related need is fundamental to the elimination of poverty. Despite the essential nature of water, it is not easily accessible by rural women. The provision of potable water supply to rural dwellers is inadequate and this has a negative effect on the health and rural productivity of the nations because the rural areas constitute about 75% of Nigeria’s. Assessment of the average time, distance and seasonal variation to sources of water supply was also studied. In view of the fact that this is a major problem faced by this group of people, the paper considered the access to and struggle for water by rural in a linear settlement along Federal University of Technology, Minna.