Public health fears are mounting across Lagos as operational challenges at the Olusosun dumpsite leave heaps of refuse uncollected across communities, raising fears of a possible epidemic. CHIJIOKE IREMEKA writes that with the country still battling Lassa fever, the growing mountains of waste have become breeding grounds for rats, flies, mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors, heightening the risk of disease outbreaks
For 41-year-old nurse, Ify Chidiebere, the towering heaps of uncollected refuse littering Adelaja Close in Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, are more than an unpleasant sight. To her, they are a ticking public health time bomb.
Each day, she walks past overflowing waste bins and mounds of decomposing garbage that line the streets, fearing that the worsening sanitation crisis could trigger outbreaks of water-borne and vector-borne diseases if urgent action is not taken.
As a healthcare professional, Chidiebere has seen firsthand how poor environmental sanitation fuels disease outbreaks, particularly during the rainy
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