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Anxiety has enveloped residents of Galadimawa area in the federal capital territory (FCT), over an alleged plan by the federal government to site a mass grave for Covid-19 victims and other infectious diseases close to their vicinity.
The site, the residents say, is between Galadimawa roundabout and Games Village estate in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
Among some of the estates located in the aforsaid axix include, SunCity Estate, Games Village Estate, SunnyVale Estate; Aldenco; Brains and Hammers; Biltmore among others.
Speaking with journalists on Monday, Gbenga Ambali, representative of SunCity estate, said the decision to site an infectious disease cemetery close to residential areas could be harmful to them because they depend on boreholes for water.
Ambali said an infectious disease cemetery could create future problems for them since a lot is not known about COVID-19.
“We want to make it very clear that this would not be good for us, for two reasons,” he said.
Asade Olatubosun, an Abuja resident, tells reporters that the federal capital territory administration (FCTA) is planning to use land in between Galadimawa roundabout and Games Village for site to bury those who have died of #COVID19 and other infectious diseases. pic.twitter.com/08wRmqhwt1
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“The number reason is that most of us in this neighbourhood, our source of water is through borehole, so if we have an infectious disease cemetery around us we are not safe.
“So we want our government to rethink and have a change of mind on this. Number two reason is on the issue of the COVID-19 that we are all facing right now, nobody knows the full details of this disease.
“So bringing it down close to us would be creating additional problems in the future.”