Nasir Imam
2 November 2009
Abuja — Residents of GSS road, Phase IV, Kubwa, have sent their plea to the FCT Administration over the non evacuation of a refuse dump that is posing a great environmental hazard to them.
A petition written by one of the residents, Zubaidat O.T. Abdulsalaam to the Chairman Bwari Area Council, said that officials from the council cited two refuse bins at the entrance of the road leading to the Government Secondary School since April 2009. "And ever since (six months now), the bins have not been evacuated once despite the fact that residents from near and far, even commercial refuse collectors, make use of the facility on daily basis.
"Because the bins wee overfilled and the contents spread on the road and the surroundings, people now carelessly dump their refuse and it has begun to enter the house close by," the petition reads.
It said the dump constitutes a gory sight, is hazardous to the health of those living close by because of the smell coming out especially anytime it rains, and has also blocked the drainage constructed for easy passage of water by the road side.
Zubaidat Abdulsalaam therefore strongly appealed to the Chairman to use his good office to immediately order the evacuation of the refuse which had piled for months and subsequently regular evacuation.
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