The saying “cleanliness
is next to godliness” is not binding to the residents of Abakpa in Enugu East
Loacal Government Area of Enugu State.
With a population of
about 750,000 residents, Abakpa is a commercial settlement with relatively
affordable apartments.
Some neighborhoods like
Ugbo-oye, Housing Estate, Atani and Imo Rivers. Others include Odo-Ozo close, Umuagu,
Nike Road and Ukwu Aki junction.
We observed that the
condition of live in these areas is so horrible and is extremely detrimental to
the healthy living.
Although Abakpa
occupies a setting of magnificent natural beauty, rather poverty and urban
sprawl have spawned the densely populated neighborhood.
In Abakpa, hardly would
you see a neighborhood without being greeted by wastes heaped on the road, littered
streets and black water gushing from homes.
Some of the residents
that spoke to us expressed their desire to see a better environment and are
pleading on Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to come to their aid.
Below are pictorial view of Enugu’s most horrible slum.
More on this story will
be coming your way in our next edition. There you will discover what it looks
like to live in Enugu most horrible slum.
