Discover Areas That Smell The Worst In Kubwa!

Let’s be honest, some parts of Kubwa dey ooze badly. Help us judge this matter abeg, your comments matter in this one. 

What is the smelliest part of Kubwa? 

Is it that Phase 4 bridge or Federal Housing bridge?

What of PW River/bridge? or is it that Abattoir market area?

Is NNPC’s stench a joke abi Village market own pass am?

What of Byazhin Across River or various parts of Gbazango? 

Did we miss any smell spots? Please tell us about the worst stench you’ve perceived in Kubwa in the comments section below. 

So let’s talk

If you care for your health and well-being, you have to read this to the end, so that if you have to visit these places in Kubwa, you can prepare yourself and make sure you don’t fall sick by the time you are done.

Imagine going to visit a friend somewhere in Gbazango, and I needed direction since it appears impossible to number houses around here in Kubwa; the land mark that I was given was “Bola junction”! You want to know what that means? It means “Trash junction”! I mean who gives a location such name? Well, nobody, it happened naturally because that is where everybody in that community comes to make sure that everything is prepared for members of the community to contract diseases and infections.

Around that bola junction are residences in a place that had not seen government presence for years until recently; the road is being tarred, still leaving behind gutters filled with all types of junk, from plastic to tree branches and even dead animals!

No, don’t you think Gbazango is the only place in Kubwa that is perfumed and decorated by the stink and heaps of hazardous trash, no, there are other notorious spots and communities where tons of unsightly batches of trash are dumped even in broad daylight, unchallenged and unmitigated.

Babanbola set to dump trash into PW canal 

As human beings, we generate around 2 kilograms of waste every day from our homes. These waste products do not remain in our houses; we make sure we throw them out before they begin to smell in the house or cause us inconviniences. But where do we send these trash? Anywhere away from our compound. If we don’t take them out ourselves, we pay Babanbola to transfer the inconvenience to the general public. This is not supposed to be the case in modern society, where governments are ensuring that waste is collected and immediately put to productive uses by way of recycling and repurposing.

So you see that this being the case, every household must manage their wastes anyhow they see fit. And so they simply pass the buck to babanbolas

PET bottles are the most collected for recycling

Here in Kubwa, the system for managing waste is criminally abysmal. Every once in a while we see some semblance of an ideal waste collection procedure where some trucks collect and evacuate waste in an orderly manner comparable to what is seen in places like Asokoro, Wuse and Maitama. But these trucks, which are only so few, provide service to big stores and supermarkets in Kubwa, and some handle medical waste from hospitals. The efforts of the FCT administration to address this situation for households in Kubwa yield no result whatsoever.

So you see that this being the case, every household must manage their wastes anyhow they see fit. And so they simply pass the buck to babanbolas. These young men after scavenging for, and extracting what they consider of value simply go on to dump our domestic wastes into our once thriving canals and rivers! Some dump into gutters and sewage lines thereby creating a perfect condition for the outbreak of epidemic and negative environmental impact.

A blocked gutter

But this is not all. The earliest settlements in Kubwa such as Kukwaba, and the entire areas referred to as Kubwa village, overlooking and surrounding the NYSC Orientation Camp, also Byazhin, parts of Chikakore and of recent Byazhin Across–these are locations with the most chaotic housing development and planing culture. Matter of fact there is no planning. Taking a walking within these settlement, one is brought face to face with the consequence of such disorder–a total collapse of sanitation! What do you see? Bath water from underneath a soaked weak wall of an appalling bathroom flowing onto the the maze-like footpaths. Steps away you’d  most certainly find a flow of raw animal protein waste water from some flimsy kitchen opposite another stream of sludge made of faecal material. Here you find yourself hurrying to escape the stench and eyesore which may prove to be traumatic or at least nauseating unless you live in the community.

A sludge-filled gutter

Have you been to our abattoir and markets? Those are strong stench centres! You would have to deal with the public toilet if you have business around there, you would wish for a well scented nose cover and a blindfold if you must be held in the raw food section of the market.

So you see that in Kubwa, even in communities that should prioritise sanitation, everything is left to progress in the most hazardous way.

But we must not give up on our environment and the blessing of nature that is graciously given to us to enjoy. We must attempt to clean up our environment, our gutter, and provide ourselves with appropriate sanitation installations to keep our wastes in check, while also advocating that the government should get active when it comes to lifesaving environmental solutions.

In this regard, a team of passionate environmentalists under the Buddy Greenspark Initiative have indicated concern about the state of sanitation in Kubwa and have reported some plan to reach out to community members as much as possible to draw attention to what can be done to improve the conditions of our environment. It is hoped that if sustained their outreach will make considerable difference thereby enhancing the quality of life to every resident of Kubwa.