Value of Water in Nigeria viz a viz the Opportunity Costs to Women, Youth and Children in Nigeria
Valuing Principle: recognize benefits/costs from multiple perspectives. i.e. water may be life to some but a vehicle of disease and death to too many others.
The value of water is the opportunity cost of the absence of water such as
19 years of productive life lost for youth from 15 – 49 years
16 million school days lost/year from diarrhoea episodes
4.9 billion hours of productive hours lost for women without access to water supply within 30 minutes walking distance