Benin Residents Scoop Spilled Rice From Muddy Street as Hardship Concerns Grow
Residents at Ring Road in Benin City were filmed scooping rice from muddy water after it spilled onto the street and was reportedly abandoned by its owner. The footage has sparked concern over the health risks involved and the hardship driving people to collect contaminated food. The incident follows recent scenes in Edo and Lagos where residents gathered spilled products from overturned tankers. In Oluku, people scooped fuel from a fallen tanker before it later exploded, killing several people and leaving others with severe burns. In Lagos, officials warned residents not to consume groundnut oil collected from an overturned tanker because it had mixed with road dirt and water. The repeated incidents have renewed debate about poverty, rising living costs and the risks people take in an effort to survive.
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