MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS OF RURAL WATER SUPPLY IN NIGERIAN(A CASE STUDY OF WATER CORPORATION ENUGU)

This research is aimed at giving the courses of the operational and management problems of rural water supply programme in Nigeria, with a case study of Enugu State Corporation Enugu. To guide the study, five research questions were formulated and tested with percentages and ranking based on the findings, some major findings include; that the ENSWC have inadequate as well as unsuitable materials and human resources for changes in the rural water supply programme in Enugu. Consequently, it is found that operational and management problems of rural water supply in Nigeria, had adversely affected the functionality of the rural water supply. Finally it is found that frequent changes in government and leadership of the country had adversely affected the management of Enugu State Water Corporation. Based on the above findings some major recommendations were made for effective implementations.