{"id":78515,"date":"2025-11-11T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78515"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:40:18","slug":"dumpsite-takes-over-gwarimpa-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/11\/dumpsite-takes-over-gwarimpa-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumpsite Takes Over Gwarimpa Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olalekan\u00a0Oyekunle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dumpsite along 3rd Avenue, Gwarimpa, has engulfed almost the entire road, making passage difficult for motorists and causing distress for nearby traders.<\/p>\n<p>Traders told Abuja City Journal that the stench emanating from the site is driving customers away and threatening their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>Some said individuals from nearby estates often use the area as a dumping ground at night, worsening the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The traders are appealing to law enforcement agencies to monitor the area closely and prevent further dumping, stressing that the current conditions are not only affecting business but also posing health and safety risks to residents.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78517\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0082-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0082-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0082-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0082-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0082-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0082-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78518\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0090-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0090-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0090-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0090-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0090-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0090-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78519\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0088-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0088-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0088-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0088-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0088-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0088-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78520\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0092-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0092-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0092-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0092-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0092-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0092-2048x1357.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78521\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0069-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0069-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0069-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251111-WA0069.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olalekan\u00a0Oyekunle A dumpsite along 3rd Avenue, Gwarimpa, has engulfed almost the entire road, making passage difficult for motorists and causing distress for nearby traders. Traders told Abuja City Journal that the stench emanating from the site is driving customers away and threatening their livelihoods. Some said individuals from nearby estates often use the area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":78516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,184,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-78515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-health","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78515","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78515"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78530,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78515\/revisions\/78530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}