The residents of Magboro, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have lamented the abandonment of refuse collection in the area by the Private Sector Partnership operators, popularly known as PSP leaving the community filled with filth.

PUNCH Metro reports that some residents lamented the dirty situation in their community as they noted that the PSP operators have not shown up for over three months to clear the refuse.

Our correspondent during a visit to the community on Friday, observed that some of the streets, usually bustling with activities, were no longer welcoming as they reeked of decaying garbage, with refuse piling up in waste bins.

Specifically, residents of the Abule Oba, Tosho, Gasline, and Makogi areas of Magboro had been left to grapple with mounting heaps of refuse which they said was because the PSP trucks failed to make their scheduled waste collection.

In separate interviews with our correspondent, some residents noted that attempts to reach the PSP operators to come and pack the refuse had been futile.

A resident of Abule Oba, Bola Adeyemi, told our correspondent that the operators blamed their faulty truck.

“It’s been over three months since we last saw a PSP truck here. We’ve called them several times, but all they tell us is that their truck is bad. How can a truck be bad for three months,” Adeyemi asked?

Another resident, identified simply as Olufunke, noted that residents had resorted to paying cart pushers to remove the trash.

“We have no choice but to pay these truck pushers,” she said as she pointed towards a group of young men hauling trash on makeshift carts.

“They are our only option, but they charge a lot, and they don’t always come. Some people just dump their trash by the roadside.”

Source: Nairaland.