By RFPosted on 08-08-2019Modified on 08-08-2019 at 06:19
Gabon celebrates its independence day in ten days. For a week, Libreville, the capital of the country is bogged down by garbage garbage because garbage workers are on strike. The company Averda in charge of cleaning the city is on strike to demand the payment of 24 months of arrears is 21 billion FCFA. The accumulation of rubbish embarrassment and begins to stir up anger.
Sonia has a small beauty table on the corner of a street in Nkembo in the 2nd district of the capital. The garbage that accumulates in garbage cans right in front makes her clients run away. Flies invade the manicure table, she explains.
The garbage invades Libreville, the inhabitants are angry: a report of our correspondent also to listen
08-08-2019 - By Yves-Laurent Goma
Same scenery in Dragages in the 6th arrondissement. Mother Genevieve sells cassava and condiments. " It smells bad! She complains.
The more garbage accumulates in the neighborhoods, the more the residents' anger rises.
The company Averda in charge of the cleaning of the city is aware of the inconvenience but it puts pressure to be paid.
Nicolas Achkar, development director of Averda, has come from France. " Today we need a plan for debt repayment and immediate payment to get back to work, " he explains.
Serge William Akassaga, first deputy mayor of Libreville considers this stoppage of work as blackmail. " And Gabon is a sovereign state that will not submit to the blackmail of Averda! ", He assures us.
An emergency plan has been put in place. Dust collector strikes are recurrent in Libreville. Last October , the dust collectors of the Averda company had already gone on strike.
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