People Living In Canal Cry For Help Over Looming Danger

Life, as often said is not a bed of rose. To some residents in Osaye area of Ogba Local Government Area Lagos state, life is definitely not palatable owing to looming environmental disaster and health hazards in the area.

As part of its investigative mission, Naij.com discovered some houses cited in canals and swampy part of the area.

This development that has now exposed residents to danger and other health hazards.

To access the swampy area, residents meander through a swampy hills with not less than 48 steps while the canal is currently not less than 12 fits wide and still expanding.

A tenant, Olarewaju Lawal, complained they battle with erosion each time it rains due to the unstoppable expansion of the canal.

”We seriously need help in this area because this canal is expanding on a daily basis especially in the rainy season and the canal is consuming houses,” he lamented.

When this medium asked of efforts made by the landlords to curb this menace, Lawal said the landlords had made effort in the past but the constrained by lack of funds.

”Our efforts are limited to what to do because maintaining the canal is expensive and I feel if the landlords have money, they wouldn’t have built in this area in the first place.

”Imagine this scenario playing out in your community where drainage systems which are directly connected to toilet pipes are located ahead your building, Lawal complained.

The residents also expressed their helplessness over the incessant air pollution within the community.

Olumide Tosin, another resident also expressed her anger at the intensity of pollution in the area.

”It is very critical to state that resident also in this area misuse the canal here; and the government really need to come in here to enforce discipline in this area.

”The canal here is now filled with wastes, human feces and no one is bold enough to call any one to question and there are kids playing around,” he said.

The residents however, called on the Lagos state government to rescue them from the impending hazards.