By Bisola Adeyemo
The Apapa Branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has appealed to Lagos residents to stop the habit of dumping refuses inside gutters and roadsides to avert flooding.
Branch chairman, Mr Christian Ufot, announced this during the monthly general meeting of the branch in Lagos on Wednesday.
He said that the NSE was collaborating with a private technology firm to develop an app on waste management in Lagos State, Environews reports.
“But some residents have formed the habit of pouring refuse into gutters, whenever it rained, for it to be washed away without realising the damage.
“Such wastes usually end up clogging the canals and the lagoon to cause flooding and compound other environmental issues,’’ he said.
“I see equipment clearing canals all around but our people need to change from habit of pouring trash into gutters, on the roads and anyhow.’’
“By the time someone realises that refuse he wants to dispose indiscriminately is money, he will have a rethink and support recycling,’’ the chairman noted.
He said that the technological partnership had reached an advanced stage and that the state government would be brought in to ensure proper waste management.
