{"id":80144,"date":"2025-12-12T11:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80144"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:32:03","slug":"fct-residents-raise-alarm-over-rising-dumpsites-across-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/12\/fct-residents-raise-alarm-over-rising-dumpsites-across-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Residents Raise Alarm Over Rising Dumpsites Across Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed concern over the growing number of refuse dumps on streets and major roads, calling the trend a threat to public health and an eyesore in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. John Shawa highlighted the Bwari-Dutse-Kubwa Expressway and Gwarinpa as major areas of concern.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Rhoda Essien of Dutse urged stronger sanitation campaigns, noting that indiscriminate dumping could spread disease and harm the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see people in vehicles dump waste along roads, especially along Usuma Dam Road and Bwari Road. Even after evacuation, the waste returns,\u201d she said, adding that a ditch on the Kubwa Expressway flyover had become a major refuse site.<\/p>\n<p>Residents called on the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), and Bwari Area Council to collaborate on reorientation campaigns and stricter enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>In Kuje Area Council, Mrs. Juliet Izien stressed the need for community action and penalties for offenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be clear \u2018No Dumping\u2019 signs, and anyone caught should be arrested. Communities must be vigilant,\u201d she said, suggesting regular monitoring by sanitary officers.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Faith Nwosu, a teacher, noted that while some residents try to clean affected streets, the refuse often reappears.<\/p>\n<p>She urged authorities to enforce sanitation laws and intensify hygiene sensitisation across FCT communities to reduce communicable diseases such as cholera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed concern over the growing number of refuse dumps on streets and major roads, calling the trend a threat to public health and an eyesore in the nation\u2019s capital. Mr. John Shawa highlighted the Bwari-Dutse-Kubwa Expressway and Gwarinpa as major areas of concern. Mrs. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":80145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80144","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\/80144","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=80144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80146,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80144\/revisions\/80146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}