The residents, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Monday, lamented that the community was no longer safe to live in, and every effort made to get the company to take appropriate action had yielded no result.
Another resident, Shakirat Babalola, who introduced herself as the Iyalode of the community, noted that business owners were relocating from the community because of the health challenges the dust particles posed to the community.
The Iyaloja of the community, who identified herself simply as Mrs Gbadebo, corroborated claims that the cement dust particles pose health challenges to the community. “We are indeed facing challenges with the dust particles in this community, especially as it relates to our health, but I have heard that Lafarge is planning to move us to another community that will be safe for us,” she said.
Fagade said, “I am surviving on drugs because the cement dust particles have affected me. I have left this community sometime in the past but I had to come back because this is where I have known as my home.
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