Scientists from the Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) have arrived Adamawa State to inspect uranium radiation that allegedly killed villagers in Michika Local Government Area.
The Commissioner
for Solid Minerals, Shanti Sanshi Victoria, said an expert team from the
nuclear agency from Abuja had arrived the state to inspect the site of
possible radiation.
She rejected
assertions that radiation killed several people in five villages in
Michika, saying the outcome of the scientific tests by the experts would
provide a clue to the possible health problems in the area as there was
still no proven scientific evidence upon which to draw conclusions.
The Director of
Geology at the Adamawa State Ministry of Solid Minerals, Dlama Zira had
during a recent presentation at the Government House in Yola, said
several people had died of radiation from uranium deposits in five
communities in Michika, namely Garta, Futubou, Himike, Sina-Kwande Nkala
and Ghumthi, saying since the 1950s, villagers had attributed deaths
from radiation to evil spirits.
"The people of the
affected communities for many years sacrificed hundreds of goats to
appease their deity, seeking protection from evil spirit that they
believed were causing unidentified illnesses and sudden deaths in the
communities. They didn't know that they were sitting on and drinking
water from huge uranium deposits identified by radiation experts as the
cause of the illnesses and rampart deaths,' he stated.
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