There is too much drama in this country that could help it win 'Best Picture' at the Oscar awards. You hear of and read things that shouldn't happen in a 21st century country happening in Nigeria. I stumbled on an article by the award winning investigative journalist Toyosi Ogunseye in Punch Newspaper on how some rich folks at Adekunle Fajuyi Estate in Ikeja are threatened by cancer and respiratory ailments. The antagonist in this real life thriller is Universal Steels Limited, their next door neighbour whom they accused of polluting their homes and environment with the heavy gases emanating from its huge machines.
Read the rest of the story here Metals in the blood
I learned that tests was conducted on sixteen of the residents and heavy metals was discovered in their blood, urine and water. OMG! that was the only thing my heart seemed to say. I find it disturbing but it occurred to me that we have been living like this in this country for long. Visit the various slums in Lagos and you will agree with me, but the news came to the public fore because this time it's the upper echelon of the society that is affected. The question on my mind is who approved that a company like that should be built in a residential area? Perhaps money has exchanged hands somewhere else a company like that should have been cited in an industrial area like Agbara or somewhere very far from human habitat.
AN ASIDE: I think Lagosians generally should undergo medical test to ascertain if they are medically fit with the daily pollution they face from car fumes and every other fumes in the city.
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