EXTRA:- See How Much PURE WATER Is Being Sold In Each States and Reasons For It

Due to the astronomical rise in the exchange rates of Dollar to Naira,
prices of products and raw materials have reached a crescendo height
in the country and which has cause an economic downturn.
SOURCE:-Oluniyi Hisamotu | Topup9ja Staff


Here in, Topup9ja brings you one of the products (pure water) that has
been worst hit with during this economic debacle.

As they say water is life and is one of the gift we enjoy as creature
of God on this planet.

However despite being a free gift from God, its no more free in
Nigeria and this is an explanation about the current hike in
the prices of sachet water which has been
described as the last hope of the masses to
quench thirst.

There have been a sharp increase in the prices of
pure water across the states due to one reason or
the other which are enumerated below:

1. The sachet which the water in contained in is
imported.

2. It comes as a plain roll and very large. The
printers(artisan) buy this plain roll and print the pure water company
name on it.

3. It's in different sizes and measured in KG. 1Kg was N530 before,
now its N1000.

4. Those printers use different chemicals and inks to print. These
chemicals all have a hike in price.

5. They also hire labourers incurred other running costs to it.

6. A pure water company buy this finished roll at
N1000 instead of N530 and buy the packing bags at N5000 instead of N3200.

7. The company pays staff.

8. The machines run on diesel.

9. Maintenance of service vehicles, pays rent.

10. Maintenance of machines.

11. Purchase of fuel to service vehicles.

12. Purchase of chemicals for treatment of product.

13. Most hawkers are usually charged dues like in Abia and Edo sachet
water hawker pays as much at N60 for tax while the manufacturers also
have their vehicles being levied unnecessarily especially in Lagos and
Ogun state.

14. Retailers also tend to pay for lighting and ice blocks.
Majority of the companies that produce Low
density Polyethylene (LDPE) at Eleme
petrochemical industry in Rivers state and Lagos state have shut down
due to high running cost
and those that are importing this product are in shortage of Forex.

The hike has led to massive protests by retailers in some parts of
Nigeria in recent times.



This is the Current price of pure water bags in states all over Nigeria:

»»»Abia…………….N150 a bag /N15 a sachet

»»»Adammawa….N70 a bag/ N5 a scahet

»»»Akwa ibom……N150 a bag / N20-25 a sachet

»»»Anambra………N150 a bag / N15 a sachet

»»»Bauchi………….N70 a bag / N5 a sachet

»»»Bayelsa…….. …N150 a bag / N20 a sachet

»»»Benue…………..N100a bag/ N10 a sachet

»»»Borno……………N80 a bag /N10 a sachet

»»»Cross river…….N150 a bag / N15 a sachet

»»»Delta…………….N150 a bag/ N15 a sachet

»»»Ebonyi………….N100 a bag / N10 a sachet

»»»Edo……………….N150 a bag/ N20 a sachet

»»»Enugu………….N100 a bag/ N 10 a sachet

»»»Gombe…………N70 a bag/ N5 a sachet

»»»Imo……………..N150 a bag / N15 a sachet

»»»Jigawa………..N70 a bag/ N5 a sachet

»»»Kaduna……….N70 a bag / N5 a sachet

»»»Kano…………..N70 a bag / N5 a sachet

»»»Katsina……….N70 a bag / N5 a sachet

»»»Kebbi……… …N70 a bag / N5 a sachet

»»»Kwara ………..N100 a bag / N10 a sachet

»»»Lagos…………N150 a bag/ N20 a sachet

»»»Niger………….N70 a bag/ N5 a sachet

»»»Ogun…………N100a bag / N10 sachet

»»»Osun…………N100 a bah/ N10 a sachet

»»»Oyo…………..N100 a bag/ N10 a sachet

»»»Plateau……..N100 a bag/ N10 a sachet

»»»River………….N150 a bag/ N20 a sachet

»»»Sokoto………N70 a bag/ N5 a sachet

»»»Taraba………N70 a bag/ N5 a sachet

»»»Yobe……… ..N100 a bag/ N10 a sachet

»»»Zamfara……N70 a bag/ N5 a sachet

»»»FCT…………..N150 a bag/ N20 a sachet


Where are we going in this country?