Residents of Ilorin, Kwara State have expressed concern over the shortage of potable water in the town.

The situation is said to have led to scarcity of sachet water popularly known as "pure water". It was gathered that the current scarcity is not unconnected with the strike by workers of the state water corporation.

Some sachet water marketers have stopped producing while those that are still producing have increased the price.

A bag of sachet water which was sold at N70 now sells at N100 from the factory and retailers sell at N120 while a sachet is now sold for N10 or two sachets for N15 as against the previous N5.

The Marketing Manager, University of Ilorin Water Enterprises, Mr. Abdulrahman Idris said the raw materials used for making sachet water are being imported, saying the prices have gone up due to the fall in value of the naira.