Later in the night, I called back and he narrated an environmental challenge they have been facing along his street. 

On Friday, I called him up in the morning informing him that I will be visiting his street shortly so that he can show me the places in question. I arrived and what was the challenge?

Along his street, there's a drainage channel that had hitherto served them well until some new residents in the area came and spoiled their joy.

This new residents wanted an easy access to their respective street or crescent but rather than build a culvert over the drainage/gutter, they disappointingly filled that portion of the drainage channel-to the brim- with sand for easy passage of vehicles hence blocking the gutter from that point.

It didn't happen at just one spot, it happened in two different portion of the same drainage channel and this has been of unpleasant consequences to inhabitants of the area.

First, with the gutter blocked, sand has started accumulating in the entire drainage threatening to fill it up hence, anything poured inside the gutter will easily find its way to the tarred road. And that may quicken the deterioration of the road.

Again, and perhaps more importantly, there's a seminary secondary school located along that route and it's entirely a boarding school. So, the liquid wastes and water coming out from the school can't pass through the drainage channel any longer. It just accumulates and finds its way to the road down to the ending part of the drainage channel before joining another drainage channel coming from the Zik's Avenue in Awka. The accumulation of this liquid wastes produces a putrid smell that's enough to make passersby or resident of that area uncomfortable. But according to my friend, no one wants to do anything about it.

After seeing it all for myself, I went to the office of the Operation Manager of the Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA), Mr. Tony, to inform him of the ugly situation.

After introducing myself as the TUNZA Eco-Generation Ambassador to Nigeria and narrating the ugly situation to him, he welcomed me and personally drove me in his official car to see the two sites that morning. I showed him the two locations and he promised that his ministry will do something about it. 

He agreed to take pictures with me after I had explained it's just for the report and I got his contact while promising to follow him up to make sure that the problem is solved and that the environment there is saved.