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Port Harcourt Residents raise alarm over soot in the air
This is disheartening and scary at the same time.
Sometime last year, Port Harcourt, Rivers State residents raised alarm over the presence of soot in the air.
It’s painful that about a year later the same cry is being made.
Today, we received an email from a BNer complaining of the same thing.
“I have a major concern. I live in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Recently, we have been experiencing a serious environmental hazard in the form of air pollution (black soot). Please can you help us… bring awareness to this issue that has put a lot of the residents of Rivers state in panic mode,” the resident said.
A couple of comments from residents:
- This is so true ohhhh. I have been mopping my house like twice I’m a day,pls the government should do something about this
- Dats wat we have been experiencing, it’s so bad and wicked cus our govt don’t want to look into it.
- Hmmm its so true and very frightening o. I clean my house morning and evening no. When you clean your nose or face you’ll be surprised what you see.
- It’s so true. It’s always in my nose and on my body when I wake upon the morning and I was blaming the church opposite my house which has a mikano generator….. Jesus save us.
- This is 100% true! I first noticed it on cars. I was wondering why the cars suddenly had lots of black dust everyday. Until I started seeing it on floors . May God help us! Sorry to say but Nigeria is the most useless country on the planet. We are so helpless.
- God, I’m in PH and can’t wait to enter the next available flight to Lagos tomorrow, I don’t even feel like breathing now????. Fear is catching me.
- This is what we have been experiencing since 2016.it is freaking annoying
- This is so true,it’s in the air we breathe,it’s on every surface and it’s dangerous!
- This is so true ohhhh. I have been mopping my house like twice I’m a day,pls the government should do something about this
This is calling on the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Health and all appropriate agencies to this crisis as residents are being exposed to a risk factor of respiratory diseases, cancer or worse.
An Instagram user, Ify Simpa (@cakes_alaparties) also shared disturbing videos of how the situation is affecting her and her family.
