KEEPING OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND WASTE FREE- A BURDEN ON OUR CONSCIENCE






Sometime ago precisely on the 6th of November, 2018, I was driving in Lagos along Lasu-Igando Road and was touched by  the straying Waste Truck that has been packed along the Road for over 4 days without  any effort by the concerned parties to remove it from the road, considering the attendant likelihood of  causing  fatal accident and loss of life particularly in the night when vehicles might mistakenly rammed into it. The not-too-long death of  one of the aspirant of  a political party who died in a similar situation along this road quickly comes to mind.

The poor management of our waste disposal is causing serious negatives effects on Property Values and marketability of properties where refuse dump is sited. The low property demands around Igando General Hospital and its environs is as a result of rampant packing of waste trucks that blocked the roads and emitting dangerous odours which discourages any intended party that needs property around the area to be discourage to look elsewhere, the same goes for Olusoson Dump site at Oregun, Ikeja.

An action I took which may have caused the removal of  the truck from the Road. What action you must be thinking. Right?  On that fateful day, I quickly alighted from my car as I could no longer tolerate seeing that truck being on that Expressway and knowing likelihood of causing another death. I stood close to the Truck and took photograph shot of the truck while moving around and people were watching me. I left the place praying that God will save commuters lives from being wasted by this truck. 

To the glory of God, in less than one hour that I was returning back from where I went to inspect a property, I observed that that truck had been removed. Did I do anything that might have cause the removal? Or it is a mere coincidence that the Truck was about to be removed prior to my taking the pictures and moving around the truck? Whichever is the case, it is truly a burden on our consciences to take action no matter how insignificant it may seem because it may lead to a positive change.

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