The municipality reckons that there is now a daily build-up of at least 300 tonnes of solid
waste in and around Abuja, the Federal Capital. Despite its 2, 000 workers and about 50 trucks,
the municipality cannot keep pace with the daily solid waste production in Abuja. “We need
more and better resources to keep the city somehow clean”, said Aliyu, adding that weak public
support for waste management was a “serious problem”.