The refuse dumped,which has been there for months according to some residents has become a source for concern for traders and residents who fear that the pollution may cause a major health problem in the area.
According to 34 years old Miss Genevieve Michael,a trader at back of Central Motor Park, Benin “Since I came here,this dirty has been here. My major concern now is thatthere will not be an outbreak of disease ,as this heap of rubbish is constituting nuisance. I just pray somebody does not get infected by disease. You find it difficult to breath properly here.” She said.
Also,Musa Mohammed,who sells foodstuffs in the area said,the only reason he is there is because,he does not have any other place to go to for now.
“I don’t have any place to go sell my market. This place can cause disease for somebody.” Musa said in Pidgin
However,calls and messages sent to the mobile number of the Edo State Commissioner
for Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development, Isoken Omo,
was not responded to, but her counterpart in the Communication and Orientation,Mr Chris Nehikhare said, “thanks noted!”
