Residents bemoan effluents from Lagos school of nursing, damaged drainages
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00:00 than this one.
00:02 Okay.
00:04 So the water comes in here.
00:06 This is a legacy of the school of nursing.
00:08 The totality of the school of nursing is discharging here.
00:13 Half of General Hospital is discharging into the school of nursing.
00:17 Okay.
00:27 So can you tell us the measurement, measure you took while, before this incident?
00:35 It's been a long story.
00:37 We have been about it for more than 4-5 years now.
00:40 At a point in time, we went into the school of nursing management staffs.
00:46 We met the director.
00:48 I can't remember the name of the woman.
00:50 She directed us to the medical director of the General Hospital.
00:55 The man was accommodating enough.
00:58 He attended to us, gave us audience, said we should write a letter stating our problems.
01:05 And probably part of the main root cause of such problems, which we did.
01:10 We now wrote a covering letter, sent it to Ministry of Health.
01:15 The response was, they sent in some team to come and do inspection.
01:18 And that was the end of it all.
01:20 When was that?
01:21 That was about 4 years ago, if not more.
01:23 So after that, earlier this year, we went back to meet the school of nursing authority again.
01:32 They gave us about 2-3 men.
01:35 And the contractor handling this project here, that one that is partially completed,
01:40 to come and take a look at the whole thing, promising to assist.
01:45 Till now, we have not seen any form of assistance.
01:49 So this water has sacked many landlords, according to...
01:54 Not just many landlords, in fact some tenants cannot even retrieve their properties while running away from it.
02:00 Like the company that showed you there, on Omeun Street.
02:04 There is a woman there, she has two children.
02:07 The very day the flood broke her door, she left with her two children, her property is still there.
02:15 Yes, yes, completely gone away.
02:17 Her neighbor took us in, we saw his telly and everything, hung on the wall.
02:23 He placed all the properties on his bridge and left.
02:26 So, and not just here, other Adonai streets, if they don't, they have horrible stories to tell.
02:32 So I don't know if the government, we are not asking for money.
02:37 Give us material support.
02:39 We will do it ourselves.
02:41 They should not forget that the people here...
02:45 What's your name, sir?
02:47 Hm?
02:48 Your name, sir?
02:49 Shambore is my name.
02:50 Sir?
02:51 Shambore is my name.
02:52 Shambore what?
02:53 Yes, Ulukayode, my name.
02:54 Okay, thank you.
02:55 Adibufuwao.
02:56 A practicing geologist, area of specialties, foundation engineering.
03:00 Okay.
03:01 So unfortunately, we find ourselves, we just cannot explain what our crime is.
03:09 If we are to stay in this type of rural environment.
03:12 But I see it as a sort of punishment.
03:16 If we are suffering this much and they are not helping us.
03:21 Tell us your name, sir.
03:22 My name is Barista Ajiri Adele.
03:26 We are in, precisely this is Afeni Ferry Development Community Association.
03:33 This street is called Nyegu beside the General School 2 and School of Nursery.
03:39 So why is this so flooded and how long has this been, sir?
03:45 This flooding has been so for quite some time now.
03:49 We have been making a lot of complaints.
03:52 People put on petition to the Lagos State Commissioner for Health.
03:57 Actually, they sent representatives to come and assess the place.
04:01 But that should be about three or four years ago.
04:04 But after that, nothing.
04:06 And we have to write a letter of remand to them.
04:11 Because we complain.
04:13 First of all, we have to thank the Lagos State Government,
04:18 or the General School 2, both in our place, and the School of Nursery.
04:22 We appreciate it.
04:24 We appreciate it very much.
04:26 But we are making a person it appeal.
04:29 So that this flooding that is happening annually, every year, every year,
04:34 they should help us.
04:36 It's a person it appeal.
04:38 Construct a permanent drainage to this old school there,
04:41 so that this water will be flowing there.
04:43 Then we will not be able to have all these kinds of problems.
04:46 For example, now, many landlords have left now their houses.
04:50 They have gone. All the tenants have gone.
04:53 Only a few of us are here.
04:55 Because we don't want all this property to be damaged.
04:57 That is why we call ourselves and make a temporary contribution.
05:01 Then making all this drainage, so that we will do it,
05:05 so that those landlords will be able to come back,
05:07 and then they have to come and stay in their own house.
05:10 Then, most importantly, the School of Nursery,
05:13 when they were constructing that building,
05:15 we complained to them that, "Why are you sending your drainage to the street?"
05:19 We complained to them that, "You shouldn't have done so,
05:22 because you know where the water is going to."
05:26 "You go there now, you will see where they are sending their water into the street."
05:30 "Are they aware there is no drainage system?"
05:32 "What do we do?"
05:34 So it is quite a personal appeal to the Lagos State Government,
05:38 the Ministry of Health too, and the Environmental Ministry,
05:42 to please come to our aid.
05:44 Okay, you said you spoke to management of the School of Nursery.
05:48 The School of Nursery.
05:49 So, what was their response?
05:51 They said they will come, they will come, they will come.
05:53 Actually, we even wrote a petition, a letter of appeal, to the General Hospital too.
05:59 And last year too, we went there to remind them,
06:03 but they said they will be coming, they will be coming, they will be coming.
06:06 But till now, nothing has happened.
06:09 Okay.
06:11 Okay.
06:13 Okay.
06:15 Okay.
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