By Daniel Tyokua
As the onset of this year’s rainy season approaches, the FCT Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA), has called on residents not to block drainage through indiscriminate disposal of solid wastes.
The Director General of FEMA, Dr. Abbas Idriss this during an assessment of drainages in Jabi district of Abuja.
Represented by the deputy director, Monitoring and Special Duties, Abubakar Ododa, Idriss noted that drainages in the area visited were poorly managed as most of the water passage were blocked by solid waste which makes the environment prone to flooding.
He also applauded the siting of a well organised dump site, close to Jabi park, where refuse is neatly burnt.
A statement from the Agency’s Information Officer, Chiamaka Okeke, said the FEMA boss, frowned at the situation where wastes removed from drainages are kept beside the drains and eventually end up in the drains when wind or rain comes.
He also appealed to the Abuja Environmental Protection Board,(AEPB), to immediately take action to clear the drains.
Idriss also appealed to residents to maintain the sanity of the environment to avert a possible outbreak of diseases and flooding in the coming season.
