Sewage Leakages Worry FCT Residents

Cross section of residents in parts of Abuja Municipality
have called on the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to address the
problem of pollution in the Federal capital city.

In separate interviews with
newsmen in Abuja yesterday  the
residents identified their major area of concern as pollution from broken sewage.

Our correspondent who visited some of the affected areas
observed that waste water mixed with feaces flowed freely on land.

The Managing Director, Heleno Restaurant located at the
Green Garden along Moshood Abiola way, Mrs Helen Anim  said that her business was under threat as
her customers complained of stench from the sewage.

“I am appealing to the sanitation agency to come to our help
for we are  facing problem of odour from
the leakage. “

Another resident, Mr Abraham Oloniyo of Hits Furniture Nigeria
Limited, located on Aguiyi Ironsi Way in Maitama District, said that the sewage
line beside the company’s fence has posed a serious health threat to the
workers.

According to Oloniyo, the workers have contended with the
leakage for more than three months.

‘’We have made reports to AEPB on this issue but there was
no response, ‘’ Oloniyo said.

Mr Mohammed Yakubu, one of the workers at the company said
that the domestic waste and leakage of sewage contributed to water pollution in
the nation’s capital.

Yakubu claimed that inhaling polluted air could be hazardous
to the citizenry.

“These problems are sources of pollution and constitute
threats to our health. I am appealing to the concerned authorities to come to
our assistance, “ Yakubu said.