ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Monday, January 18, 2021
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
National Stadium Lagos

National Stadium Lagos

Refuse takes over National Stadium, Lagos

byPremium Times
April 19, 2015
2 min read

Not less than five refuse heaps have been spotted at different locations within the National Stadium complex, Lagos, leaving the sport city environment filthy and unhealthy for users of the facility.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that some of the heaps of refuse were rather haphazardly located at the weightlifting gymnasium, opposite the mechanic workshop, behind the main bowl and by the legacy pitch, as well as the boxing gymnasium/secretariat.

Some of the athletes and coaches who use the environment for training decried the awful sight.

They told NAN that the present state of the complex was not good enough and could pose health hazards to users of the stadium.

Many people – sportsmen and women, as well as individuals – troop to the facility in the evenings, but mainly at weekends, to engage in jogging and other forms of exercises. Many also patronise, on a daily basis, many of the drinking and relaxation joints within the complex. It is all these people who generate wastes at the stadium.

Okechukwu Elendu, who claimed to use the facility for exercises, said the management ought to be more responsive in ensuring the cleanliness of the environment.

Mr. Elendu condemned the act of abandoning the heaps of refuse at strategic places within the complex, describing it as an eyesore.

“The stadium management is trying but they must do more in the area of refuse dumps; we are not supposed to see or smell wastes, it’s dangerous to health,’’ he added.

Ijeoma Iherobiem, an athlete, said that the cleaners always come around in the morning hours to clean up the environment and end up soliciting for trash bins to evacuate the wastes.

RelatedNews

VIDEO: How communal crisis set back my farming business – Susan Godwin

Nigeria migrates all mineral titles to digital canvas expecting revenue windfalls

COVID-19: Lagos intensifies public sensitisation on second wave

2020: 20 great PREMIUM TIMES stories you need to read again

Ms. Iherobiem said the place was usually messed up as a result of a lack of bins where people could dispose of wastes, stressing, “the heaps constitute mainly nylon — sachet water, biscuit wraps, banana peels, empty cartons of wine and bottles.

“I know they used to have a tractor that they used in evacuating wastes to their dump sites. The vehicles must have broken down.

“That is why we now see wastes in recent times, The cleaners now use wheel barrows to move huge wastes to the dump sites. The barrows are inadequate to cope with amount of wastes being generated daily.

Dangote adbanner 728x90_2 (1)

Meanwhile, Abolore Alanamu, the National Stadium Manager, in a reaction, said the management was committed toward ensuring a healthy environment for users of the facility.

Me. Alanamu, however, acknowledged that the tractors used by cleaners to dispose wastes were no longer in use as the engines had since packed up.

“This is a major challenge to us,’’ he said, stressing that management was making alternative arrangements.

According to him, under a new arrangement, cleaners are to gather wastes at some designated spots, from where the wheel barrows would be used to move them to the dump site, located at the Alaka end of the complex.

“Although our tractors are bad but we have a way of managing the dirt collected by cleaners, but we have issues with waste baskets because they are always missing,’’ he said.

The manager said that management had proposed to employ more security personnel to man strategic spots and apprehend perpetrators stealing their waste disposal baskets and dumpsters.

ADVERTISEMENT

(NAN)

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (0)
premiumtimes



PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

APC wins Nasarawa re-run election

Next Post

Only 7 Kaduna lawmakers re-elected

Premium Times

Premium Times

More News

Liverpool against Man United at Anfield [PHOTO CREDIT: @ManUtd]

Liverpool 0-0 Man Utd: United earn point that keeps them top of EPL

January 17, 2021
Enyimba FC [PHOTO CREDIT: @EnyimbaFC]

NPFL Round-Up: Enyimba subdue Pillars as Plateau United win big

January 17, 2021
Bruno Fernandes

EPL (LIVE UPDATES): Liverpool, Manchester United battle for top spot

January 17, 2021
MFM Players rounding off their warm-up session ahead of the kickoff

NPFL (LIVE UPDATES): MFM, Rangers battle in Lagos

January 17, 2021
Rangers FC pay last respect to their player, Ifeanyi George. [PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter handle of Rangers]

Enugu Rangers players honour late colleague who died in car accident

January 17, 2021
Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter account of Bruno]

Liverpool v Manchester United: Four duels to watch

January 17, 2021
Next Post
Nasir El-Rufai

Only 7 Kaduna lawmakers re-elected

South Africa to host anti-xenophobia football matches – SAFA

South Africa to host anti-xenophobia football matches – SAFA

Discussion about this post

Search

#EndSARS: Latest Updates




Polaris Bank


JAIZ Ad


NITDA Ad




Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert

Zenith Advert

Heritage Advert
ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps Address Nationwide
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • Opinion
  • PT Hausa
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
    • Dubawa NG
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Store
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.