It used to be Eziobodo and it's bad road. It used to be the State Government doesn't give a damn about the community. It used to be the Eze of the Community is just there to eat up money brought for the construction of the Eziobodo FUTO Road towards Ihiagwa Community.
Some time early November 2016, the Niger Delta Development Commission {NDDC} took over the construction of the spoilt and abandoned Eziobodo FUTO Road.
Some of the houses and road side kiosks, dilapidated ones too that were seen to be causing obstruction to the Road Construction as at that time, was bulldozed.
All these created the fine smooth, clean road route that we see in Eziobodo today.
Have you noticed that the rainfall rate is increasing day by day...?
Yesterday & day before yesterday was something else. I came into Eziobodo FUTO Road and was annoyed at the state of the drainage system (gutter) in Eziobodo.
The People who were in charge of the Road Construction in 2016, deemed it fit to construct a drainage system (gutter) for easy flow & channel of rain water. Can you imagine that the Students living in this area, the villagers & the traders(especially) converted the drainage system into refuse dump system.
They succeeded in converting the only passage of rainwater into a refuse bin. They regularly dump their waste in gutters, and this clogs the gutters and prevents the flow of water, causing the gutters to overflow.
After a session of rainfall, you will see the streets of Eziobodo flooded with litter floating everywhere. Such situations create very unsanitary conditions for residents of the neighborhoods and contribute to the degradation of the environment.
The craziest story is that I saw traders comfortably selling on top of the flooded gutter and students are even patronizing them. Everyone is portraying the usual "I don't care attitude", seeing the waste disposed inside the gutter being brought on top by rainfall and not doing anything to it.
In 2012, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed that 30 states out of 36 in Nigeria were affected by flood, causing damages of an estimated value of N2.6 trillion Naira, 363 people were feared dead while 2.1 million citizens were displaced across Nigeria. These floods also gave rise to environmental pollution problems which affected the health of Nigerians across the various affected areas.
Nigeria is currently experiencing its annual rainy season, and in order to avoid lethal floods, it is important to have very effective drainage systems and strive towards ensuring free flow of water during and after heavy downpours.
Deterioration of health is another effect of flooding, due to the increase in waterborne diseases and unsanitary conditions. Stagnation of water occurs when water passages are blocked. This makes the people around such environments susceptible to infections from mosquitoes and other insects. We are exposed to numerous air and water borne diseases if we have our environments polluted with stagnant water.
Poor waste management habits can adversely affect our environment more than we can even think of and bet me, you don't want to experience it.
Let's join hands to #SaveOurEnvironment.
Let's join hands to #SaveOurCommunity.
Let's join hands to #SaveOurEziobodo.
Let's join hands to #SaveIMOState.
Let's join hands to #SaveNigeria.
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