{"id":71308,"date":"2025-07-23T13:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71308"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:01:15","slug":"environmental-crisis-waste-chokes-abujas-obasanjo-road-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/23\/environmental-crisis-waste-chokes-abujas-obasanjo-road-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Crisis: Waste Chokes Dutse Residents in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"251\"><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"462\">A worsening environmental and public health crisis is unfolding beneath the Obasanjo Road bridge in Dutse, Abuja, where illegal waste dumping has overtaken a once-functional drainage path.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"712\">What began as occasional trash disposal has escalated into a full-scale dumpsite. Residents routinely discard refuse beneath the bridge, assuming the stream below fed by a nearby dam will wash it away. But the waterway can no longer carry the load.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"842\">Now, piles of waste spill onto the road, obstructing traffic and spreading a pungent stench through nearby homes and businesses.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"1058\">Experts warn that the stagnant mix of garbage and water has turned into a breeding ground for mosquitoes and disease, causing pests. Locals report a rise in illnesses, especially among children living near the area.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1244\">Residents are urging the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to intervene, calling for proper waste management, public awareness campaigns, and refuse bins to curb the dumping.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1429\">As Abuja expands, the need for sustainable sanitation practices becomes more urgent. Without quick action, the Obasanjo Road bridge risks becoming a permanent symbol of urban neglect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado A worsening environmental and public health crisis is unfolding beneath the Obasanjo Road bridge in Dutse, Abuja, where illegal waste dumping has overtaken a once-functional drainage path. What began as occasional trash disposal has escalated into a full-scale dumpsite. Residents routinely discard refuse beneath the bridge, assuming the stream below fed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":71309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71354,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71308\/revisions\/71354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}