Face with the problems toxic waste and industrial pollution, residents of Wudil community in Kano State have cried out for urgent intervention from the federal government to save them from the environmental disaster ravaging the area.
Wudil community, about 40 kilometers from Kano city, is known for fishery business for several years, on which majority of households rely as source of livelihood, besides the traditional crop farming.
But the booming occupation is being threatened by industrial effluent from tanneries and other manufacturing companies in the state.
Addressing journalists yesterday at a press conference organised by Nigerian Environmental Society (NES), Kano State chapter, leader of Wudil Social Forum, Alhaji Ali Ahmad Wudi, lamented the devastating ecology the community has faced for years and the little or no intervention from government.
Community cries out for help against industrial pollution
