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- No of Pages: 56
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Abstract:

The research focused on the statistical analysis on the patronage of sachet firms in Afikpo – A-Zed, Roval and Jokwa Table water. Analysis of variance techniques was employed to ascertain if there is a significant difference in the patronage of the various sachet water firms. Result of the analysis shows that there is no significant difference in the mean sales of sachet water firms. Time series analysis was also used to ascertain whether there is change in demand of sachet water over time. Least square method was used to estimate the trend of the patronage and additive model to estimate the seasonal variation which shows that the demand is higher during the fourth and first quarters of the year. The second and third quarters experienced low in demand. Recommendations were made based on the findings. We aimed at some, for example sachet water firms should increase its production during first and fourth quarters and also decrease its production during second and third quarters of the year to avoid dumping resources.

Introduction:

0 INTRODUCTION

Safe and potable water supplies in both rural and urban centers in Nigeria are still inadequate in spite of over five decades of independence and several effects from various governments.

In many developing countries, non availability of water has become a critical and urgent problem and it is a matter of great concern to families and communities. Increase in human population has exerted an enormous pressure on the provision of safe drinking water in developing countries.

Towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) - Action on Water and Environmental Sanitation is timely in the light of the problem of poor availability and access to good drinking water in many developing countries of the world including Nigeria.
According to World Health Organization (2008), “About one-fifth of the world’s population lack access to safe drinking water, and about forty percent of the world’s population lives in countries with moderate to high water stress. Yet, with the help of policy and legal reform, international cooperation community and private sector participation, technical innovation – there are encouraging signs that such stress could be averted. The connectivity between poverty, hunger, availability, affordability and access to drinking water to sustainable development is succinctly described by the goals of the millennium declaration. “The links between water, health and poverty are numerous and complex.