NAN-H-87
Refuse
By Bukola Olaifa
Abuja, March 1, 2017 (NAN) Some residents of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have decried indiscriminate dumping of refuse on roads and open areas in the city.
The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the situation was becoming worrisome as they called on the authorities concerned to act fast.
Mrs Chioma Nwachukwu, a civil servant said that the city centre was gradually becoming an eyesore with heaps of refuse being dumped at every corner of the city.
She said that Abuja remained a miniature Nigeria that should project the image of Nigeria, therefore should be given special attention.
Mr Adamu Abdullahi, a businessman blamed the rot to those saddled with the responsibility of cleaning up the city, adding that “they have failed in performing their duties’’.
He called on the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to wake up to its responsibility by ensuring that the city was kept clean all the time.
Abdulahi advised the AEPB to put in more energy into the cleaning of the city instead of chasing hawkers around all the time.
Mr Dangana David, a resident of Abuja said that the attitude of residents toward keeping the city clean was deplorable, adding that a situation where residents dump refuse indiscriminately “is bad and offensive’’.
David called for strict implementation of the law against refuse dumping in the city, adding that such attitude should always attract punishment.
He called on the AMAC chairman to pay special attention to the council to ensure the environment was kept clean. (NAN)
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Edited by Joseph Edeh/Grace Yussuf