The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has confirmed that it has increased the price of a bag of sachet water, popularly called ‘pure water in Nigeria, from N150 to N200 with immediate effect due to rising production costs.
The Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti Zonal Chairman of the association, Tale Oguntoyinbo, announced this in a statement in Oye -Ekiti on Friday.
Mr Oguntoyinbo said the price increment was necessary for producers to bring quality portable water to the doorsteps of consumers, which was not feasible with the current cost of materials for water production.
“Water is important to everybody and water is life, the cost of maintenance and production costs keep going up every day.
“In order to satisfy our numerous customers and ensure they have drinkable water on their table, the only option open to us is to increase the price from the current N150 to N200.
