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Fubara Moves To Relocate Port Harcourt Dumpsite Over Health Concerns

Siminalayi Fubara Rivers

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced plans to permanently relocate the refuse dumpsite situated along the busy Port Harcourt Airport–Obiri-Ikwerre Road, describing its current location as a health hazard and a damaging “gateway image” for visitors arriving in the state capital.

Naijaonpoint reports that the governor disclosed this on Tuesday during an inspection of a proposed alternative site—a disused burrow pit near Bambo Estate, off Eneka Road in Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Area. The location is now under consideration as a permanent refuse disposal site for the state.

Fubara, who was accompanied by the Chairman of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, and its Managing Director, Dr Ibimina Wokoma, said the current dumpsite posed serious environmental and health risks.

He explained, “The kind of environmental hazards that we are facing there along the Airport–Obiri-Ikwerre Road; the smell on that road being the entrance into the state, we felt it’s not proper. So, we are making alternative arrangements so we can have a permanent refuse dumpsite that meets acceptable standards.”

The governor assured that the state government would move quickly to formalise ownership of the proposed land and provide infrastructure to make the new dumpsite fully functional.

“We have not concluded the issue of the burrow pit, but the access road, I think the government is doing something about it. So, I will make sure that everything that needs to be done to ensure government owns this burrow pit is done,” he stated.

Fubara praised the Rivers State Waste Management Agency for what he described as a more proactive approach to refuse management across the state.

According to him, the agency’s current efforts were yielding visible improvements, though the relocation of the dumpsite was necessary to consolidate progress.

The governor also used the opportunity to visit the Permanent Secretaries’ Quarters at Elimgbu Town, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, where he inspected the level of construction work on the facility.


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