Sewage treatment plants are part of modern efforts geared at solving waste management problems across the world. Unfortunately for some Lagos residents, it has become a living nightmare that haunts them daily. In this report, ALFRED OLUFEMI chronicles the pathetic plight of a community under the chokehold of a state-owned dysfunctional sewage plant that yields bountiful profit to the detriment of residents’ health.
FROM the beckoning voices of commercial motorcyclists scouting for passengers trying to outwit each other, to the roadside sellers plying their trade unhindered, there is no doubt that the boisterous, giant gate leading to the Abesan Low-Cost Housing Estate, Ipaja, in the Mosan-Okunola Local Council Development Area, is a converging point for those serious with the business of making a living.
Going by this scenery, life appears normal but it does not depict the dark, agonising reality on the ground, which plays out daily inside the estate.
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