OLUSOSUN DUMPSITE: Residents Applaud Closure Months After

Gbemisola Momoh - Lagos

The Olusosun dumpsite may have been closed down , Lagosians wonder what the large expanse of land which nobody seems to remember what transpired on that portion of land before the dumpsite came to existence.

The site was ordered closed in March 2018 by governor Akinwunmi Ambode and residents around Ikosi, Olusosun, Ojota and beyond say that it has been a relief from the smokes and stench that were a regular in the areas. Michael Adishi is a resident of Aladelola Street in Ikosi. He told Guguru Fm that he lost his father in April to complications arising from inhaling the smoke from the site. He told us his father was 85. Ambode announced that the dumpsite is no longer healthy for those trading and people living in the area and that the Lagos state government would transform the Olusosun dumpsite into parks and other recreational facilities. Months after the closure of the Olusosun dump site at Ojota, residents seem to have finally heaved sighs of relief as the stench and smokes have stopped. They only wish that the smokes and stench that affected them yesterday will never come back again.