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Waste
By Mercy Osajiugo
Minna, Nov. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Association of Fruit Sellers in the old Gwadebe Garage Market, Minna, has called on the Niger Environmental and Protection Agency, to evacuate a massive waste in the market.
The chairman of the association, Alhaji Aminu Liman, made this call on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
According to him, the stench oozing out of the solid waste is repulsive to customers and other people passing through the fruit market.
“This waste has been here since the beginning of the rains; the excuse for delaying evacuation was the fear of getting the truck sunk in the mud of the debris.
“NISEPA said that the evacuation had been contracted to a consultant and that we should exercise some patience,” he said.
According to Liman, the traders are running out of patience, as it has to do with their health and that of the public.
“We paid for the evacuation, they are not doing it for free. If the consultant is not capable, he should engage another contractor,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the garbage which is mounting everyday has become an eyesore in the area. (NAN)
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Edited by Mustapha Lamidi
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