Ndi Anambra has asked Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo to allow people dump their wastes at designated places until the contractors from Anambra State Waste Management Agency, ASWAMA, are ready for the house to house collection of refuse.
A trip round town by our correspondent saw refuse disposed at indiscriminate places around the Awka metropolis due to the delay in collection of refuse from the houses as directed by the ASWAMA boss.
Earlier in August, ASWAMA boss, Mike Ozoemena had announced that Governor Soludo has outlawed communal duping of refuse in the state but instead will engage in collection and evacuation of household wastes from doorsteps.
However, four months after that, disposal of refuse has become a herculean task for Nid Anambra as residents in Awka complain that the refuse collectors are rarely seen in the areas, leaving them to pile up refuse and wait till whenever they choose to come. They also complained of the health hazards the people are being exposed to and called on the government to put back the initial refuse dumps sites in strategic locations until they are ready with their house to house collection of refuse.
The story is the same for residents Of Idemili North and South and Onitsha as they have devised means of disposing refuse at ungodly hours to avoid being arrested or burn the refuse in their compounds.
Governor Soludo has promised to give ndi Anambra a liveable state and citizens are looking up to him to keep his words.
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