ROSSIKE:
Do you know Akwa Ibom State is building the only city-wide underground drainage system in the country apart from Abuja, in Uyo? The state govt actually has a policy to eliminate ALL forms of open drainage.

OYINBOGOJU:

How does that eliminate poverty in the region?

Basic needs of life should be the focus and not underground drainnage that will be blocked by poo and waste materials.

My friend get your backside out of the stone age and into the 21st century. Being able to walk on the street on a designated, paved walkway is a BASIC NEED OF LIFE, every bit as essential as having a nice tarred road for you to drive your car or jeep on. You see, in the civilized world, pedestrians do matter. You do not just build a road and say pedestrians can walk along the sand, feeding their eyes on open drains.

In this day and age NO STREET should have an open gutter in place of a clean pavement/sidewalk system with underground drainage. It directly contributes to to an improved quality of life for the citizenry, a cleaner, more orderly environment, and is far easier to keep clean and free of waste, being covered!


We need to get rid of THIS:





And enthrone THIS:





[img]http://melissadurrell.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sidewalks_image0011.jpg[/img]

And that's what Akwa Ibom state is doing.