The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has sealed up the Garki International Market in Abuja due to environmental and hygiene issues, which pose a potential outbreak of an epidemic due to the accumulation of poorly disposed refuse. The Director of AEPB, Mr. Osi Braimah, also cited the breakdown of law and order in the market, stating that an abatement notice was served but no action was taken by the market administrators.
AEPB’s environmental officers discovered that the market was in bad shape during their routine monitoring activities on April 26. They noted solid wastes, cabbages all over the place, bleeding sewage lines, and heaps of refuse dumps all over the market. Despite serving an abatement notice, nothing was done to address the situation.
