Soon afterwards, the children started singing in unison ‘Rivers State Government please come to our aid. Enough is enough!’
Though the refuse heap was letter cleared, a business owner in the area called for a receptacle to be provided to curb the indiscriminate dumping of refuse along the Rumuekini-Aluu Road which she said affects businesses. “Immediately it rains now, you can’t stay here. The thing will be oozing and you can’t stay. Our children started falling sick, even our teachers.
“We were always at the hospital. We have been working with the state waste management agency. Sometime this place will stay up to one or two weeks until recently,” she lamented.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.